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unwearable

unwearable adjective: not able to be worn.

Adjective

unwearable (comparative more unwearable, superlative most unwearable)

  1. Not able to be worn
  2. Clothing that is unsuitable for wear in most circumstances because it is extreme, unusual, or uncomfortable.
    • European designers entered into the nineties with fashion collections that were astonishingly unwearable.2004, Daniel Delis Hill, As Seen in Vogue, page 133

Noun

unwearable (plural unwearables)

  1. Something, such as clothing, that cannot be worn
    • He’s compensating you for an injury, not for purchasing your spattered unwearables.2009 January 25, Randy Cohen, “Truth in Suspension”, in New York Times

Antonyms of unwearable

Forms of unwearable

Adjective
comparativemore unwearable
superlativemost unwearable
Noun
pluralunwearables

Origin of unwearable

From un- + wearable.

Words formed from unwearable

Questions about unwearable

What does unwearable mean?
Unwearable means not able to be worn.
What part of speech is unwearable?
Unwearable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near unwearable in the dictionary

  1. unweaned
  2. unweapon
  3. unweaponed
  4. unweaponizable
  5. unweaponized
  6. unwearable
  7. unwearables
  8. unwearably
  9. unweariable
  10. unweariableness
  11. unweariably

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