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unshiftable

unshiftable adjective: impossible to shift; immovable.

Adjective

unshiftable (comparative more unshiftable, superlative most unshiftable)

  1. Impossible to shift; immovable.
    • This was a cramped space, not much bigger than a closet, with an angled ceiling and an unshiftable dank smell.2008 March 9, Benjamin Black, “The Lemur”, in New York Times

Forms of unshiftable

comparativemore unshiftable
superlativemost unshiftable

Origin of unshiftable

From un- + shiftable.

Words formed from unshiftable

Questions about unshiftable

What does unshiftable mean?
Unshiftable means impossible to shift; immovable.
What part of speech is unshiftable?
Unshiftable is an adjective.

Words near unshiftable in the dictionary

  1. unshieldable
  2. unshielded
  3. unshielding
  4. unshields
  5. unshift
  6. unshiftable
  7. unshiftably
  8. unshifted
  9. unshifting
  10. unshiftingly
  11. unshifts

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