undeliverable
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˌʌndɪˈlɪvərəbəl/
:
no entregable
- All the emails sent to that domain were returned as undeliverable due to a server issue.
- returned as undeliverable
- undeliverable mail
- undeliverable due to incorrect
Examples
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The letter got returned as undeliverable.
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Bad addresses resulted in 120 undeliverable surveys.
Academic text (2008) -
Of these, 16 were returned as undeliverable.
Academic text (1996) -
Only one letter of introduction was returned as undeliverable.
Academic text (2005) -
One of the 50 emails was undeliverable.
Academic text (2013) -
Twelve questionnaires were returned as undeliverable, and one was returned because the individual was deceased.
Academic text (1990) -
Seventy-nine surveys were undeliverable, leaving a potential sample size of 721.
Academic text (2012) -
A total of 500 questionnaires were mailed; of those, 26 came back as undeliverable.
Academic text (2005) -
A total of 1,662 e-mail invitations were sent out, and a total of 442 invitations were undeliverable due to invalid e-mail addresses.
Academic text (2008) -
We received 260 returned nonparticipation postcards, 16 questionnaires that were undeliverable, and 563 usable surveys.
Academic text (2006)
Antonyms
How Deliverable
Surface Forms
Morphology
undeliverable = deliverable (transparent) = un + deliver + able
The negative prefix 'un-' is attached to the adjective 'deliverable' giving the straightforward meaning 'not able to be delivered'.
Etymology
Undeliverable comes from un- meaning 'not' and deliver meaning 'to hand over' or 'give to someone'. So, something undeliverable is 'not able to be given to the person or place', like a package that must be returned.