unadjustable
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈdʒʌstəbl/
:
no ajustable
- Many office workers complained about the unadjustable desks that caused strain on their backs.
Examples
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She found the car's unadjustable seats to be a problem during long trips.
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They're not as tight or as unadjustable or as hard to sit in.
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The chair was uncomfortable because it had an unadjustable height.
Synonyms
No one can change it
Cannot be changed or made different
Antonyms
How Adjustable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unadjustable = adjustable (transparent) = un + adjust + able
The adjective is formed by applying the productive negative prefix 'un-' to 'adjustable', yielding a straightforward negative meaning.
Etymology
Unadjustable is built from un- meaning 'not' and adjustable, from adjust meaning 'to make right' or 'put in the right place'. You can see the same root in the word just, which is about what is 'right'. So unadjustable means 'not able to be changed to fit', which is why we use it for things that cannot be changed to suit different needs.