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🚫 Impossible to do ↩️ Cannot be reversed
undoable

undoable

1 4.8
Not possible to change back after it is done
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈduːəbl/
translation icon : irreversible
  • The contract included terms that were undoable, preventing any changes once signed.

Examples

  • Every word is undoable is UN undoable.

  • Every word is undoable, is UN undoable.

  • These results, in many cases, are undoable, although some are long-term and modern.

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  • Making irreversible decisions can lead to undoable consequences for the entire team.

  • The project’s final outcome was undoable, meaning we couldn't change it after submission.

Synonyms

irreversible
vsundoable
46 6.0

Not able to be changed back to how it was

focuses on finality after completion rather than physical state change
irrevocable
vsundoable
14 8.1

Impossible to change or undo

is focused on being impossible to reverse once completed
indefeasible
vsundoable
  • Formal
1 9.9

A right or claim that cannot be taken away

is about being impossible to reverse after completion rather than legal invalidity
non-cancelable
vsundoable
  • Formal
5.3

You cannot stop or change it after you agree

is about being impossible to reverse after completion not only in contracts
unreturnable
vsundoable
6.1

Not able to be made like it was before

is about inability to reverse outcomes once completed not just physical return

Antonyms

retractable
8 5.8

Something you can pull back when not in use

reversible
4 3.5

Can be used or worn with either side facing out

How Irreversible

irreversible
46 6.0
undoable
1 4.8
permanent
650 3.2
reversible
14 3.9

Surface Forms

undoable positive

Morphology

undoable = undo (semi-transparent) = un + do + able

The suffix '-able' suggests capability, but the specific meaning of 'undoable' as 'impossible to reverse' is not fully transparent.

Etymology

Undoable can also be seen by thinking of the common word undo (the computer command that 'reverses' an action) with -able 'able to' and un- 'not'. So undoable in this sense means 'not able to be undone', which is why the action cannot be changed or reversed.