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unwhistleable

unwhistleable adjective: not whistleable.

Adjective

unwhistleable (comparative more unwhistleable, superlative most unwhistleable)

  1. Not whistleable.
    • I am supremely confident that when he and I are no longer around to argue the point, the unsingable and unwhistleable first movement of Beethoven's Ninth still will be.1967, Hi Fi/stereo Review, volume 19, page 14
    • A dull movie that is also tasteless, with a drunk scene, a seduction scene, Reynolds shaking her behind while Crosby and a nun watch, plus several songs that are unhummable, unwhistleable, and unmemorable.1987, Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross, The Motion Picture Guide, volume 7, page 2753

Forms of unwhistleable

comparativemore unwhistleable
superlativemost unwhistleable

Origin of unwhistleable

From un- + whistleable.

Questions about unwhistleable

What does unwhistleable mean?
Unwhistleable means not whistleable.
What part of speech is unwhistleable?
Unwhistleable is an adjective.

Words near unwhistleable in the dictionary

  1. unwhiskered
  2. unwhisperable
  3. unwhisperables
  4. unwhispered
  5. unwhispering
  6. unwhistleable
  7. unwhistled
  8. unwhite
  9. unwhited
  10. unwhitelisted
  11. unwhitened

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