unadoptable
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That cannot be adopted; unsuitable for adoption.
Example Sentences
- "Even children with minor or correctable handicaps such as harelip, cleft palate, crossed eyes, or clubfoot were classed as "unadoptable"."
- "At Columbia-Greene, staffers go for the most unadoptable animals to save them from euthanasia. The youngest, healthiest, cutest pets are waiting for you."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English adoptable English unadoptable From un- + adoptable.
Inflected Forms
more unadoptable (comparative)
most unadoptable (superlative)