undecomposableadj.
= indecomposable adj. Also const. by.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > state of being undecayed > [adjective] > incapable of decay
incorruptiblea1340
imputrible1430
incorrupt?1520
undecayable1534
unappairable1574
corruptless1606
imputrescible1656
undecomposable1807
unspoilable1836
non-perishable1864
undecomposible1866
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. 363 Nothing will vegetate upon it, and it is undecomposable by the weather.
1865 J. S. Mill Exam. Hamilton's Philos. 13 Many of our intellectual ideas are regarded by him as ultimate and undecomposable facts.
1870 W. S. Jevons Elem. Lessons Logic ii. 15 A simple undecomposable substance called by chemists an element.
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