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unˈshiftable, a.
[un-1 7 b.]
†1. Incapable of helping oneself. Obs.
1622S. Ward Life of Faith in Death 118 These fooles..neuer thinke of the euill day, and when away they see they must goe, how vnshyftable are they! 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 9 How unshiftable otherwise shall we be in that houre, how unable to answer at the day of Iudgement!
2. Incapable of being shifted; immovable.
1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 36 Secured so as to be unshiftable in a sea-way. |