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unalertable

unalertable adjective: not alertable; unresponsive to attempts to alert.

Adjective

unalertable (comparative more unalertable, superlative most unalertable)

  1. Not alertable; unresponsive to attempts to alert.
    • It would, if the motivating factors for such perception of the unalertable nature of facts are either self-justification or self-pity.1972, Rohit Mehta, From Mind to Super-mind: A Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, page 206
    • Unfortunately, the Secretary of State was unalertable.1978, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates: Official Report - Volume 950, page dlxxv

Forms of unalertable

comparativemore unalertable
superlativemost unalertable

Origin of unalertable

From un- + alertable.

Questions about unalertable

What does unalertable mean?
Unalertable means not alertable; unresponsive to attempts to alert.
What part of speech is unalertable?
Unalertable is an adjective.

Words near unalertable in the dictionary

  1. Unalaskans
  2. unalchemical
  3. unalcoholic
  4. unalcoholized
  5. unalert
  6. unalertable
  7. unalerted
  8. unalertly
  9. unalertness
  10. unalgebraic
  11. unalgebraical

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