🪨 Impossible to cut 🚫 Cannot be removed

uncuttable

7.4

Impossible to remove from a team or job

adjective
/ʌnˈkʌtəbl/

Jargon

: indispensable

This contract includes an uncuttable clause that protects the employees.

Examples

The star player's contract made him uncuttable for the next three seasons.
Some traditions are considered uncuttable parts of the annual festival.
After her promotion, she became almost uncuttable from the management team.
The team's core members are uncuttable due to their vital contributions.
The team's star player is considered uncuttable due to their outstanding performance all season.
In this project, certain key members are uncuttable, as their expertise is essential for success.
With his experience and leadership skills, he has become uncuttable in his role on the committee.

Synonyms

irreplaceable

vsuncuttable

32 6.4

So special or valuable that you cannot get another one

is about job security and guaranteed stay rather than unique personal value

unexpendable

vsuncuttable

7.5

So important and needed that you cannot do without it

is about being kept in a role and guaranteed to remain

unreplaceable

vsuncuttable

6.6

Not able to be made again if lost or damaged

is about being kept in a role rather than being substituted

nonremovable

vsuncuttable

4.8

Cannot be taken out from where it is

is about being kept in a position rather than physical immovability

Antonyms

removable

20 3.3

Something you can take off or move to another place

How Essential

indispensable

48 4.6

essential

50 2.4

uncuttable

Jargon

7.4

important

∞ 1.0

dispensable

4 6.1

replaceable

15 3.3

Surface Forms

uncuttable positive

Morphology

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

Morphologically regular (un- + cut + -able) but the sense depends on the metaphorical use of 'cut' = 'remove or dismiss', so understanding requires knowledge of that extended meaning.

Etymology

Uncuttable comes from un- 'not' + cut 'to divide' + -able 'can be done', so it literally means 'not able to be cut'. By the same idea, we also use uncuttable to describe a person or thing that cannot be removed or dropped, like a player who cannot be cut from a team.