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unspellable

unspellable adjective: difficult or impossible to spell.

Adjective

unspellable (not comparable)

  1. Difficult or impossible to spell.
    • His masters, the Houyhnhnms of the unspellable and unsayable name, were more than performing horses or uncultured squires.1928, Shaun Leslie, The Skull of Swift: An Extempore Exhumation
    • Their children, with unpronounceable, unspellable names, came to school in tattered clothes, the boys in drab vests and the girls in more colorful ones.1992, Hayden Carruth, Suicides and Jazzers

Origin of unspellable

From un- + spellable.

Questions about unspellable

What does unspellable mean?
Unspellable means difficult or impossible to spell.
What part of speech is unspellable?
Unspellable is an adjective.

Words near unspellable in the dictionary

  1. unspeed
  2. unspeeded
  3. unspeedy
  4. unspeered
  5. unspell
  6. unspellable
  7. unspelled
  8. unspelling
  9. unspells
  10. unspelt
  11. unspend

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