unappealable

Examples

• All

• Once the committee makes its decision, it becomes unappealable and must be followed by all members.

• Moreover, what students say here is accepted as authoritative and unappealable.

  Academic text (1993)

• The unappealable decision was a total victory for Systembolaget and an equally total defeat for Harry Franzen, a grocer from Rostanga in southern Sweden prosecuted for selling wine in his store in January 1995.

  Academic text (1998)

• He was especially puzzled by the way her face remained motionless, like something out of a morgue, as if placed in the definitive, immaculate, unappealable repose of the dead.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Framed on his lofty perch, a nonresident officeholder in northern Italy enjoyed the possibility of delivering well-honed speeches or handing down unappealable decisions from a position of authority above the heads of citizens.

  Academic text (2015)

• The judge's ruling was unappealable, meaning the case could not be brought before a higher court.

• The board issued an unappealable decision that finalized the new policy for the next fiscal year.

Synonyms

U

unassailable

vsunappealable

11 8.0

So strong that no one can attack, defeat, or prove it wrong

is specifically about being beyond legal challenge by appeal

I

inarguable

vsunappealable

2 6.7

Impossible to deny or argue with

relates specifically to being beyond challenge by appeal rather than general agreement

U

unarguable

vsunappealable

1 5.9

Impossible to disagree with because the facts are clear

is narrower, stressing legal inability to be altered by appeal

U

unreviewable

vsunappealable

• Jargon

1 9.4

Cannot be looked at or changed by a court

is not able to be challenged or changed by appeal to a higher authority

I

indefeasible

vsunappealable

• Formal

1 9.9

A right or claim that cannot be taken away

focuses on inability to be changed by appeal rather than general annulment

N

nonreviewable

vsunappealable

• Formal

7.9

Not able to be changed or appealed by another authority

is not able to be challenged or changed by appeal to a higher authority

I

irrebuttable

vsunappealable

• Jargon

9.9

Impossible to prove wrong in court

refers specifically to inability to be altered by appeal rather than proof

I

incontestible

vsunappealable

• UK

8.4

Impossible to argue against because the facts are clear

is instead about being beyond change by formal appeal processes

I

irrefragable

vsunappealable

• Archaic

9.9

Impossible to prove wrong

is about formal appeal prevention rather than unquestionable truth

I

inexpugnable

vsunappealable

9.9

No one can beat or prove it wrong

focuses on procedural inability to be changed through appeal channels

U

unattackable

vsunappealable

8.6

Others cannot attack or harm it

is limited to not being alterable through an appeal process

Antonyms

A

appealable

• Formal

1 7.4

Able to be challenged by a higher court or authority

R

revisable

4.4

People can change it later after feedback

How Appealable

appealable

• Formal

1 7.4

unappealable

• Formal

1 8.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology