unhappenable
unhappenable adjective: not happenable; synonym of impossible.
Adjective
unhappenable (comparative more unhappenable, superlative most unhappenable)
- Not happenable; synonym of impossible.
- A lawyer who came to the village only fifteen or so years ago assures me that the things which occurred during his first few seasons here are absolutely unhappenable now.1925, Willard Johnson, “The good old days: (Santa Fe: with foot-notes).”, in Southwest Review, volume 10, number 4, →JSTOR, pages 66–72
- Why should the aged be unhappy, / Mope in the dark, when the unhappenable / Is theirs and they can glide between the shades / Of meaning in a dream, talk to the shades […]1967, Austin Clarke, “More Extracts from a Diary of Dreams”, in Old-Fashioned Pilgrimage and Other Poems, Dolmen Press, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- unpossible
Synonyms of unhappenable
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Forms of unhappenable
| comparative | more unhappenable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unhappenable |
Origin of unhappenable
From un- + happen + -able.
Questions about unhappenable
- What does unhappenable mean?
- Unhappenable means not happenable; synonym of impossible.
- What part of speech is unhappenable?
- Unhappenable is an adjective.
Words near unhappenable in the dictionary
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