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  • adjective Unable to be tapped.

Etymologies

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From un- +‎ tappable.

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Examples

  • Remember how Skype was supposed to be "untappable" due to end-to-end encryption?

    Techdirt 2009

  • Remember how Skype was supposed to be "untappable" due to end-to-end encryption?

    Techdirt 2008

  • Though, I will admit here, I didn't pull any punches, and that I continue to view SL as an untapped resource for writers, and, perhaps, as an inherently untappable resource, given the reluctance and/or inability of most of the "inhabitants" of SL to engage in fully immersive, simulationist roleplay, the sort that has the potential to create the interactive stories I've tried to foster there.

    A Tyranny of Commas, Apostrophes, and Misspellings. greygirlbeast 2009

  • So steps in Inspector Morosini Enrico Salerno, adorned in detective-specific trench coat and a god-awful hat that makes him completely untappable.

    The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970) 2010

  • It was on his private com line, encrypted and untappable.

    Flinx's Folly Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • Both methods resulted in the formation of large burrs that eventually made the trees untappable.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Both methods resulted in the formation of large burrs that eventually made the trees untappable.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • "I'm going to try a diversionary tactic," Gunderson said on untappable tight-beam.

    Postmark Ganymede Robert Silverberg

  • Declining budgets will affect both categories, while universities have unique problems, such as funded endowments that are untappable because of state rules governing historical levels.

    Microsoft Watch 2009

  • Has there ever been a place with as much untappable potential as the chess store?

    United States Chess Federation 2009

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