Definitions

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  • adjective Not runnable.
  • adjective That cannot be traversed in a boat.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ runnable

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Examples

  • The film group he belonged to showed rare things, mostly unrunnable in theaters for one reason or another, and the screenings were a floating affair—wherever Miles could secure a space.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • The film group he belonged to showed rare things, mostly unrunnable in theaters for one reason or another, and the screenings were a floating affair—wherever Miles could secure a space.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • The film group he belonged to showed rare things, mostly unrunnable in theaters for one reason or another, and the screenings were a floating affair—wherever Miles could secure a space.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • The rain made little difference to us, for we were in the water much of the following day as he boats were taken along the edge of another unrunnable rapid, a good companion rapid for the one just passed.

    Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico

  • We found this rapid to be about a fourth of a mile long, divided into three sections as its name indicated, and filled with great boulders at the base of a sheer cliff on the right -- another unrunnable rapid.

    Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico

  • However there is grade 6 also which is termed as unrunnable.

    EzineArticles 2010

  • His columns became “unrunnable,” says O’Byrne, who spiked three in a short span of time.

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • His columns became “unrunnable,” says O’Byrne, who spiked three in a short span of time.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

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