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uninsurable

uninsurable adjective: not insurable; unable to be insured.

Adjective

uninsurable (not comparable)

  1. Not insurable; unable to be insured.
    • “We’re not in a crisis yet, but all of the trends are in a bad direction,” said Dave Jones, who is completing his eighth and final year as California’s insurance commissioner. “We’re slowly marching toward a world that’s uninsurable.”2018 November 20, Mary Williams Walsh, “How Wildfires Are Making Some California Homes Uninsurable”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Noun

uninsurable (plural uninsurables)

  1. A person or thing that cannot be insured.
    • So-called uninsurables are a rapidly diminishing group, according to the Institute of Life Insurance. Persons who cannot qualify for life insurance are becoming fewer every year, the organization said yesterday.1960 July 20, “Few Uninsurable in the Jet Age”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of uninsurable

pluraluninsurables

Origin of uninsurable

From un- + insurable.

Words formed from uninsurable

Questions about uninsurable

What does uninsurable mean?
Uninsurable means not insurable; unable to be insured.
What part of speech is uninsurable?
Uninsurable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near uninsurable in the dictionary

  1. uninsulating
  2. uninsultable
  3. uninsulted
  4. uninsulting
  5. uninsurability
  6. uninsurable
  7. uninsurables
  8. uninsurably
  9. uninsurance
  10. uninsured
  11. uninsureds

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