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unprogrammable

unprogrammable adjective: that cannot be programmed.

Adjective

unprogrammable (comparative more unprogrammable, superlative most unprogrammable)

  1. That cannot be programmed.
    • What the egghead offers is a set of techniques for programming certain kinds of previously unprogrammable jobs...1959, American College of Hospital Administrators, Hospital Administration
    • Moreover, even if we admit that human thought is unprogrammable, Freud and James would still owe us an explanation...2006, André Kukla, Joel Walmsley, Mind: A Historical and Philosophical Introduction to the Major Theories

Forms of unprogrammable

comparativemore unprogrammable
superlativemost unprogrammable

Origin of unprogrammable

From un- + programmable.

Questions about unprogrammable

What does unprogrammable mean?
Unprogrammable means that cannot be programmed.
What part of speech is unprogrammable?
Unprogrammable is an adjective.

Words near unprogrammable in the dictionary

  1. UNPROFOR
  2. unprofound
  3. unprofuse
  4. unprofusely
  5. unprognosticated
  6. unprogrammable
  7. unprogrammed
  8. unprogress
  9. unprogressed
  10. unprogressing
  11. unprogressional

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