Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unhappenable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-hap-pen-able
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not happenable; synonym of impossible.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"A lawyer who came to the village only fifteen or so years ago assures me that the things which occurred during his first few seasons here are absolutely unhappenable now."
"Why should the aged be unhappy, / Mope in the dark, when the unhappenable / Is theirs and they can glide between the shades / Of meaning in a dream, talk to the shades […]"
"Then you'll be ready if the unthinkable happens. Just because it's unthinkable doesn't mean it's unhappenable."

Etymology

From un- + happen + -able.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Suffix: happen

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

more unhappenable (comparative) most unhappenable (superlative)

Synonyms

unpossible

Antonyms

happenable

Questions

What does unhappenable mean?: Not happenable; synonym of impossible.
Where does unhappenable come from?: From un- + happen + -able.

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