unpreservableadj.
/ˌʌnprᵻˈzəːvəbl/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈzərvəb(ə)l/ Not preservable; that cannot be preserved.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decayed > liable to decay
caduke1483
perishablec1484
caducea1513
caducal?1548
ruinable1654
fugitive1678
consumptive1724
unpreservable1787
caducous1863
1787 W. V. Murray Polit. Sketches Ded. sig. Av A tone of manners unattainable and unpreservable in a society where commerce, luxury, and the arts, have disposed the public mind to the gratifications of refinement.
1841 E. Forbes in G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes (1861) x. 277 I am..drawing all the unpreservable animals..that fall in my way.
1919 National Wool Grower Oct. 44/2 Killers throw this mass of unpreservable meat into distributive channels.
2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Feb. (Arts & Leisure section) 2/4 They existed entirely in the present tense: they were unpreservable and not re-creatable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1787- straitlacing
- straitly
- straitly stead
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- straitness
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- straits fleet
- straits of hercules
- straits of time
- straits oil
- straits settlements
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- straits-born
- straitsborn
- straitsleeved
- stony colic
- stony coral
- stony meteorites
- stony mountains
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