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unfishable

unfishable adjective: not fishable.

Adjective

unfishable (comparative more unfishable, superlative most unfishable)

  1. Not fishable.
    • The noise and activity of the tourists made the river practically unfishable.
    • It [the Halladale river] receives the whole of its water-supply from a number of hill burns and several lochs of inconsiderable extent. it follows, therefore, that after rain the surplus water soon runs out, and the river soon dwindles down to an almost unfishable condition.1886 February 20, W. Murdoch, “Salmon and Trout-fishing in the Highlands of Scotland.—VII. The Halladale (Sutherlandshire).”, in R. B. Marston, editor, The Fishing Gazette; Devoted to Angling, River...

Forms of unfishable

comparativemore unfishable
superlativemost unfishable

Origin of unfishable

From un- + fishable.

Questions about unfishable

What does unfishable mean?
Unfishable means not fishable.
What part of speech is unfishable?
Unfishable is an adjective.

Words near unfishable in the dictionary

  1. unfiring
  2. unfirm
  3. unfirmamented
  4. unfirmly
  5. unfirmness
  6. unfishable
  7. unfished
  8. unfishiness
  9. unfishlike
  10. unfishy
  11. unfissile

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