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单词 unappointable
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unappointableadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, appointable adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + appointable adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unaˈppointable.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > [adjective] > appointed to office > not able to be appointed
unappointable1664
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 95 This Infallible Judge being not appointed by God, and being unappointable by man.
1836 T. Carlyle Let. 5 Nov. in Corr. Emerson & Carlyle (1964) 152 I suppose there is no more unpromotable unappointable man now living in England than I.
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