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unfirable

unfirable adjective: incapable of being fired (in various senses).

Adjective

unfirable (comparative more unfirable, superlative most unfirable)

  1. Incapable of being fired (in various senses).
    • Moses was practically unfirable; he was to government construction what J. Edgar Hoover had been to crime enforcement.2007, Phillip F. Schewe, The Grid
    • Once the ammunition is out for a mounted weapon, the weapon will be unfirable though the player may still “Use” the weapon.2010, Richard Rouse III, Game Design: Theory and Practice, Second Edition

Forms of unfirable

comparativemore unfirable
superlativemost unfirable

Origin of unfirable

From un- + firable.

Questions about unfirable

What does unfirable mean?
Unfirable means incapable of being fired (in various senses).
What part of speech is unfirable?
Unfirable is an adjective.

Words near unfirable in the dictionary

  1. unfinishedly
  2. unfinishedness
  3. unfinisht
  4. unfinite
  5. unfinned
  6. unfirable
  7. unfire
  8. unfireable
  9. unfired
  10. unfireproof
  11. unfires

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