uncastable

Adjective

uncastable (comparative more uncastable, superlative most uncastable)

1. That cannot be cast (filled with, or allocated, a theatrical role).
   • Colleen Dewhurst, though in many ways wrong for the virtually uncastable Josie, is as lucid and luminous […]1974 January 21, New York Magazine, volume 7, number 3
   • […] that he would, like many actors, become so stereotyped in the public mind as to be uncastable in other roles […]1996, Scott Donaldson, The Cambridge companion to Hemingway
2. That cannot be cast (converted to other data types).
   • They're strongly typed, uncastable pointers […]2000, Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant, Programming Perl
3. That cannot be set in a cast.
   • ...internal fixation in children with open, unstable, or otherwise uncastable forearm fractures […]2005, Mercer Rang, Maya E Pring, Dennis Ray Wenger, Rang's children's fractures
4. That cannot be used for, or produced through, casting (manufacturing with a mould).
   • Casting must be done within a day or two of moulding or the moulds will begin to wind-dry and become uncastable […]1943, The Mining Magazine
   • This allows the casting of otherwise uncastable materials, with acceptable rejection rates, and can increase ductility by as much as a factor of six.1982, Production engineering