unrepayableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈpeɪəbl/, /(ˌ)ʌnriːˈpeɪəbl/, U.S. /ˌənriˈpeɪəb(ə)l/, /ˌənrəˈpeɪəb(ə)l/ Not repayable; that cannot be paid back.In quot. 1587 perhaps a misprint for unrepayrable (see unrepairable adj.).
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sperate1551
repayable1582
unrepayable1587
amortizable1845
secured1875
subordinated1922
1587 J. Polemon 2nd Pt. Bk. Battailes sig. Dv Yee goe noblie to the charge, and bring awaie the victorie, the which otherwise the enimie will carrie awaie, with their no lesse honour, than the vnrepayable domage of vs and all Christendome?
1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Benefits in tr. Seneca Wks. 72 A benefite is a debt vnrepayable [L. insolubile].
?1723 A. Pope Let. Aug. (1956) II. 189 I am very much pleasd and satisfyd to have it now at last in my power to make your Lordship a Return, for so many Favors from you as I thought un-repayable.
1881 J. C. Shairp Aspects Poetry 312 A debt still unrepaid, perhaps now unrepayable.
1910 A. Courlander Uncle Polperro ii. 20 You burden me with an unrepayable debt of happy, happy days.
2001 Rev. Internat. Polit. Econ. 8 651 Unrepayable loans..become a direct means of domination.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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