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unloadable

unloadable adjective: not loadable; that cannot be loaded.

Adjective (1)

unloadable (not comparable)

  1. Not loadable; that cannot be loaded.
    • This was sometimes repeated again and again, the rings remaining in the rifling until the weapon was unloadable.1907, William Wellington Greener, The Gun and Its Development

Adjective (2)

unloadable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being unloaded.
    • With standardization, a type of car could be built that would be readily unloadable and fitted for a back haul.1918, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
    • […] may or may not be dynamically unloadable […]2001, Cheek et al, Tru64 UNIX System Administrator's Guide

Origin of unloadable

From un- + loadable.

From unload + -able.

Questions about unloadable

What does unloadable mean?
Unloadable means not loadable; that cannot be loaded.
What part of speech is unloadable?
Unloadable is an adjective.

Words near unloadable in the dictionary

  1. unlives
  2. unliving
  3. unlivingness
  4. unlizardlike
  5. unload
  6. unloadable
  7. unloaded
  8. unloaden
  9. unloader
  10. unloaders
  11. unloading

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