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unfillable

unfillable adjective: not fillable; not able to be filled.

Adjective (1)

unfillable (not comparable)

  1. Not fillable; not able to be filled.
    • What was I supposed to do for the rest of my life? The rest of the afternoon alone seemed unfillable.1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 37

Adjective (2)

unfillable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be unfilled.

Origin of unfillable

From Middle English unfillable; equivalent to un- + fillable.

From unfill + -able.

Questions about unfillable

What does unfillable mean?
Unfillable means not fillable; not able to be filled.
What part of speech is unfillable?
Unfillable is an adjective.

Words near unfillable in the dictionary

  1. unfilially
  2. unfilialness
  3. unfiligreed
  4. unfiling
  5. unfill
  6. unfillable
  7. unfilled
  8. unfilledness
  9. unfilleted
  10. unfilling
  11. unfills

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