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unforceable

unforceable adjective: unable to be forced.

Adjective

unforceable (comparative more unforceable, superlative most unforceable)

  1. Unable to be forced.
    • “I can swear to it, and besides, if they had had the key or a duplicate, why should they waste time trying to force an obviously unforceable lock?”1968, Agathe Christie, The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

Forms of unforceable

comparativemore unforceable
superlativemost unforceable

Origin of unforceable

From un- + force + -able.

Questions about unforceable

What does unforceable mean?
Unforceable means unable to be forced.
What part of speech is unforceable?
Unforceable is an adjective.

Words near unforceable in the dictionary

  1. unforbid
  2. unforbidden
  3. unforbiddenly
  4. unforbidding
  5. unforce
  6. unforceable
  7. unforced
  8. unforced error
  9. unforced errors
  10. unforcedly
  11. unforcedness

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