unsweepable

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adjective

Of a mine: incapable of being located by minesweeping.

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Meanings

adjectiveunsweepable (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegovernmentOf a mine: incapable of being located by minesweeping.

    We have begun each of our last two wars with the enemy laying unsweepable mines. I shall not dwell on the unsweepable mine of 1914.

    1997, Eric Grove, The Defeat of the enemy attack upon shipping, 1939-1945, page xxxiv

Origin

From un- + sweepable.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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