unmendableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɛndəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈmɛndəb(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and mendable adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, mendable adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + mendable adj.

Not mendable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of events, actions, etc.

unbootlyc1225

uncurablea1340

bootlessa1375

incurable1377

unremediablea1382

irreparablea1420

irrecuperable1430

unrecuperable?a1439

unrecoverable1461

unrecurable1465

remedilessa1513

remedeless1523

unrecompensablea1530

inemendable1532

immedicable1533

irrecoverablec1540

insanable1547

irremediable1547

irrecurable1548

unredeemable1551

cureless1557

unreparable1568

unrepairable1576

unmendable1584

unrelievablea1586

remedless1590

recurelessa1592

irrepairable1594

unrecovered1598

irremediless1602

unredressable1607

unsalvable1624

unrallied1651

reliefless1677

irrelievable1797

1584 Melville in Cal. Sc. Papers (1913) VII. 175 I assured hym..matters wer able to fall out to her unmendable miscontentement.

1614 Denmylne MSS in J. R. N. Macphail Highland Papers (1920) III. 147 We haue good cause to regrate the inexcusable losse of so good tyme as the season of the yeare whiche brings on vnmendable difficulties.

a1766 F. Sheridan Concl. Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph (1767) V. 178 The wheel was unmendable.

1822 London Mag. Nov. 445/2 An unmendable slit.

1877 M. Arnold Last Ess. on Church & Relig. Pref. p. xii They dream of patching up things unmendable.

1910 M. C. Stopes Jrnl. from Japan 206 Both my tyres went flat with punctures, quite unmendable in those wilds.

1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 June 55/2 It became clear that the break with Malcolm was unmendable.

Derivatives

unˈmendably adv.

ΚΠ

1833 Metrop. Mag. Aug. 368 Never—never till now, had my best-beloved present..been..unmendably maimed by the unhallowed hand of ruthless violator.

1873 B. Gregory Holy Catholic Church xv. 162 What boots it that the chain of bishops has become..inextricably entangled and unmendably snapped?

1921 F. E. Marsh Why did Christ Die? 130 The flesh denotes the principle of life in man which is alienated from God, incurably and unmendably bad.

2005 New Yorker 7 Feb. 94/2 She has the ageless air of the unmendably traumatized.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmendable
释义	unmendableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmɛndəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɛndəb(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and mendable adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, mendable adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + mendable adj. Not mendable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of events, actions, etc. unbootlyc1225 uncurablea1340 bootlessa1375 incurable1377 unremediablea1382 irreparablea1420 irrecuperable1430 unrecuperable?a1439 unrecoverable1461 unrecurable1465 remedilessa1513 remedeless1523 unrecompensablea1530 inemendable1532 immedicable1533 irrecoverablec1540 insanable1547 irremediable1547 irrecurable1548 unredeemable1551 cureless1557 unreparable1568 unrepairable1576 unmendable1584 unrelievablea1586 remedless1590 recurelessa1592 irrepairable1594 unrecovered1598 irremediless1602 unredressable1607 unsalvable1624 unrallied1651 reliefless1677 irrelievable1797 1584 Melville in Cal. Sc. Papers (1913) VII. 175 I assured hym..matters wer able to fall out to her unmendable miscontentement. 1614 Denmylne MSS in J. R. N. Macphail Highland Papers (1920) III. 147 We haue good cause to regrate the inexcusable losse of so good tyme as the season of the yeare whiche brings on vnmendable difficulties. a1766 F. Sheridan Concl. Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph (1767) V. 178 The wheel was unmendable. 1822 London Mag. Nov. 445/2 An unmendable slit. 1877 M. Arnold Last Ess. on Church & Relig. Pref. p. xii They dream of patching up things unmendable. 1910 M. C. Stopes Jrnl. from Japan 206 Both my tyres went flat with punctures, quite unmendable in those wilds. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 June 55/2 It became clear that the break with Malcolm was unmendable. Derivatives unˈmendably adv. ΚΠ 1833 Metrop. Mag. Aug. 368 Never—never till now, had my best-beloved present..been..unmendably maimed by the unhallowed hand of ruthless violator. 1873 B. Gregory Holy Catholic Church xv. 162 What boots it that the chain of bishops has become..inextricably entangled and unmendably snapped? 1921 F. E. Marsh Why did Christ Die? 130 The flesh denotes the principle of life in man which is alienated from God, incurably and unmendably bad. 2005 New Yorker 7 Feb. 94/2 She has the ageless air of the unmendably traumatized. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1584
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