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unsweepable

unsweepable adjective: of a mine: incapable of being located by minesweeping.

Adjective

unsweepable (not comparable)

  1. Of a mine: incapable of being located by minesweeping.
    • We have begun each of our last two wars with the enemy laying unsweepable mines. I shall not dwell on the unsweepable mine of 1914.1997, Eric Grove, The Defeat of the enemy attack upon shipping, 1939-1945, page xxxiv

Origin of unsweepable

From un- + sweepable.

Questions about unsweepable

What does unsweepable mean?
Unsweepable means of a mine: incapable of being located by minesweeping.
What part of speech is unsweepable?
Unsweepable is an adjective.

Words near unsweepable in the dictionary

  1. unswears
  2. unsweat
  3. unsweated
  4. unsweating
  5. unsweats
  6. unsweepable
  7. unsweet
  8. unsweeten
  9. unsweetened
  10. unsweetening
  11. unsweetens

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