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单词 undelayable
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undelayableadj.

Forms: see un- prefix1, delay v.1, and -able suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, delay v.1, -able suffix.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + delay v.1 + -able suffix. Compare later delayable adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: undeˈlayable.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] > that may be delayed > that may not be delayed
undelayable1628
postponelessc1862
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxii. sig. M4v With what vndelayable heate, does the lime-twig'd Louer court a deseruing Beautie?
1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 6 The undelayable year has rolled round.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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