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unsleepable

unsleepable adjective: not sleepable; unsuitable for sleeping.

Adjective

unsleepable (comparative more unsleepable, superlative most unsleepable)

  1. Not sleepable; unsuitable for sleeping.
    • Oh! how the tall masts did slat the rigging like whips; and what an unsleepable noise the flapping sails did make!1852, William Allen Drew, Glimpses and gatherings during a voyage and visit to London and the Great Exhibition in the summer of 1851

Forms of unsleepable

comparativemore unsleepable
superlativemost unsleepable

Origin of unsleepable

From un- + sleepable.

Words formed from unsleepable

Questions about unsleepable

What does unsleepable mean?
Unsleepable means not sleepable; unsuitable for sleeping.
What part of speech is unsleepable?
Unsleepable is an adjective.

Words near unsleepable in the dictionary

  1. unslayable
  2. unslayableness
  3. unsleazy
  4. unsleek
  5. unsleep
  6. unsleepable
  7. unsleepably
  8. unsleepful
  9. unsleepily
  10. unsleepiness
  11. unsleeping

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