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untieable

untieable adjective: able to be untied.

Adjective (1)

untieable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be untied.
    • an untieable knot
    • And the parson, true to the shepherding instincts, soon began to extend his vigilance to every member of his domestic fold. It seemed to Ursie that his mission was to either catch her bootlaces untied or a not untiable knot in them.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 179

Adjective (2)

untieable (not comparable)

  1. Unable to be tied, not tieable.

Forms of untieable

alternative formuntiable

Origin of untieable

From untie + -able.

From un- + tieable.

Words formed from untieable

Questions about untieable

What does untieable mean?
Untieable means able to be untied.
What part of speech is untieable?
Untieable is an adjective.

Words near untieable in the dictionary

  1. untidinesses
  2. untidy
  3. untidying
  4. untidyness
  5. untie
  6. untieable
  7. untied
  8. untieing
  9. untier
  10. untiered
  11. untiers

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