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uncuttable

uncuttable

8.8
Too hard to cut with normal tools
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈkʌtəbl/
translation icon : incortable
  • The scientist explained that the material he discovered was uncuttable, making it ideal for high-tech applications.

Examples

  • We have an untradeable, more or less uncuttable starting QB who is easily the most overpaid player in the NFL that we're handcuffed to for another year.

    Blog text (25)

  • This new fabric is uncuttable, ensuring that it will last much longer than traditional textiles.

  • An unsplittable atom, an uncuttable string, alike in every way that mattered.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • In ancient philosophy, atoms were believed to be uncuttable, representing the smallest indivisible units of matter.

Synonyms

unsplittable
vsuncuttable
1 6.7

A thing you cannot divide into parts

means extreme difficulty to divide when using ordinary tools and methods
nonseparable
vsuncuttable
6.5

Cannot be taken apart into parts

emphasizes extreme physical resistance to dividing when using normal tools

Antonyms

cuttable
1 3.7

Able to be cut with a knife or other tool

How Cuttable

soft
552 1.0
cuttable
1 3.7
resistant
8 3.7
tough
31 1.7
uncuttable
8.8

Surface Forms

uncuttable positive

Morphology

uncuttable = cuttable (transparent) = un + cut + able

Formed by productive negation un- applied to 'cuttable' (cut + -able), so the meaning 'not able to be cut' is directly derived.

Etymology

Uncuttable comes from un- 'not' + cut 'to divide' + -able 'can be done', so it literally means 'not able to be cut'. That's why we use uncuttable for very hard materials, ropes, or objects that cannot be cut with normal tools.