Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
mortgageable .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word unmortgageable.
Examples
-
Nobody who might desire this shop and cottage is able to pay a reasonable price, wherefore they are just as unmortgageable.
The Unicorn Trade Anderson, Poul and Karen 1984
-
That "Problem" outlawed their Potlatches; instituted racism in hiring; enacted legislation that disenfranchised them; treated them as minors under law; declared their reserves to be crown land, unmortgageable; deprived them of their land and resources despite no surrender, and despite treaty rights; forbade their entrance into restaurants and other public facilities in the 1960s; sought labour solidarity along racial lines as unions were white-dominated; instituted compulsory schooling that broke up family economy; and forced Original Peoples onto relief.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.