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undevelopable

undevelopable

8.8
Not able to turn film into pictures
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌndɪˈvɛləpəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no revelable
  • She was disappointed to learn that her old photographs were undevelopable due to improper storage.

Examples

  • If the chemicals are expired, your negatives might become undevelopable.

  • The photographer discovered that the negatives were undevelopable.

  • The damaged film was completely undevelopable after being exposed to light.

  • This film is undevelopable due to exposure to light.

  • The damaged film was completely undevelopable after being exposed to light.

  • If the chemicals are expired, your negatives might become undevelopable.

  • She was disappointed to learn that her old photographs were undevelopable due to improper storage.

Antonyms

developable
  • Specialized
6.5

Film or negatives that can be turned into a visible picture

How Developable

developed
2.3
developable
  • Specialized
6.5
undevelopable
  • Specialized
8.8

Surface Forms

undevelopable positive

Morphology

undevelopable = developable (transparent) = un + develop + able

Formed by applying the productive negative prefix 'un-' to 'developable' (develop + -able), so the meaning 'not able to be developed' is directly derived.

Etymology

Undevelopable comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and develop, a word that once meant 'to unwrap' and now means 'to bring out an image from film. So undevelopable** means 'not able to be turned into a visible photo'.