untannable

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adjective

Incapable of being tanned.

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Meanings

adjectiveuntannable (comparative more untannable, superlative most untannable)

comparative more untannable · superlative most untannable

  1. Incapable of being tanned.

    One day Katy and Prunella went to the beach. This is exceptional because Katy hardly ever went to the beach. She was a little lazy about going anywhere on foot and she was untannable. She would never turn any color but Appalling Lobster.

    2001, Nathalie Ponze, Prunella in the Land of Beavers, page 89

Origin

From un- + tannable.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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