unsortable

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adjective

Not sortable; that cannot be sorted.

OriginEnglish sortable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunsortable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot sortable; that cannot be sorted.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishsortable
  9. Englishunsortable

From un- + sortable.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

neuroblastunstorable
Cite this entry
APA

unsortable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsortable

MLA

“unsortable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsortable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsortable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsortable.

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