unwearable

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adjective

Not able to be worn

Opposite
Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveunwearable (comparative more unwearable, superlative most unwearable)

comparative more unwearable · superlative most unwearable

  1. Not able to be worn
  2. fashionClothing that is unsuitable for wear in most circumstances because it is extreme, unusual, or uncomfortable.

    European designers entered into the nineties with fashion collections that were astonishingly unwearable.

    2004, Daniel Delis Hill, As Seen in Vogue, page 133
noununwearable (plural unwearables)

plural unwearables

  1. Something, such as clothing, that cannot be worn

    He’s compensating you for an injury, not for purchasing your spattered unwearables.

    2009 January 25, Randy Cohen, “Truth in Suspension”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

antonym(s) of “unable to be worn in ordinary circumstances”

Opposite

adjectivenot suitable for wear or able to be worn

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishwearable
  9. Englishunwearable

From un- + wearable.

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Cite this entry
APA

unwearable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwearable

MLA

“unwearable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwearable. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unwearable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwearable.

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