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unravelable

unravelable adjective: capable of being unravelled.

Adjective (1)

unravelable (comparative more unravelable, superlative most unravelable)

  1. Capable of being unravelled.

Adjective (2)

unravelable (comparative more unravelable, superlative most unravelable)

  1. Incapable of being disentangled, of ravelling (fraying or unwinding).
    • Now though we can form no precise Idea of the Manner of its Diffusion thro’ the Nerves, or the unravellable Substance of the Brain […]1754, James Kirkpatrick, The Analysis of Inoculation […], page 73
    • Little or no advance, I regret to say, has as yet been made, amidst, perhaps, almost unravelable perplexities.1827 April 6, George IV, “[Letter to William Knighton]”, in Lady [Dorothea] Knighton, Memoirs of Sir William Knighton […], published 1838, page 367

Antonyms of unravelable

Forms of unravelable

comparativemore unravelable
superlativemost unravelable
alternative formunravellable

Origin of unravelable

From unravel + -able.

From un- + ravel + -able.

Questions about unravelable

What does unravelable mean?
Unravelable means capable of being unravelled.
What part of speech is unravelable?
Unravelable is an adjective.

Words near unravelable in the dictionary

  1. unrattled
  2. unraucous
  3. unraunchy
  4. unravaged
  5. unravel
  6. unravelable
  7. unraveled
  8. unraveledst
  9. unraveler
  10. unravelers
  11. unravelest

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