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ungreppable

ungreppable adjective: not greppable.

Adjective

ungreppable (not comparable)

  1. Not greppable.
    • By insisting on publishing only in ungreppable formats with large publication delays, and by setting prices far above distribution costs, the IEEE and the ISO are shirking their responsibilities to the public.1993 August 21, Paul Eggert, “termios; VMIN overlaps VEOF?”, in comp.std.unix (Usenet)
    • Then there's things like Bookreader and Answerbook and all the other useless ungreppable electronic documentation that everyone's coming out with now.1996 January 2, Peter da Silva, “What Does it take to be an Admin.”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet)

Origin of ungreppable

From un- + greppable.

Questions about ungreppable

What does ungreppable mean?
Ungreppable means not greppable.
What part of speech is ungreppable?
Ungreppable is an adjective.

Words near ungreppable in the dictionary

  1. ungreened
  2. ungreening
  3. ungreens
  4. ungreeted
  5. ungregarious
  6. ungreppable
  7. ungrew
  8. ungrey
  9. ungreyed
  10. ungridded
  11. ungridlocked

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