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unexploitable

unexploitable

7.8
People cannot use it or develop it to make money
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnɪkˈsplɔɪtəbl/
translation icon : inexplotable
  • The mineral deposits in that area are currently unexploitable due to their inaccessibility.

Examples

  • Many renewable energy sources remain unexploitable because the technology to harness them is not yet developed.

  • Given the harsh environmental conditions, this region's resources are considered unexploitable for commercial use.

  • Before these canals were built, most coal deposits were unexploitable if they were even a few miles from a navigable waterway.

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  • More specifically, the reserves or resources of natural gas are very uncertain and depend upon the quality of the resource one might want to exploit and our ability to mobilize technology to exploit currently unexploitable resources.

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Synonyms

undevelopable
vsunexploitable
  • Specialized
7.4

Not able to be used or changed for building, like land that cannot have houses

covers any resource that cannot be used or extracted for commercial benefit

Antonyms

exploitable
1 4.9

Can be used or developed to gain an advantage

How Exploitable

exploitable
1 4.9
developable
1 5.3
unexploitable
7.8
inaccessible
28 7.9
unusable
16 2.3

Surface Forms

unexploitable positive

Morphology

unexploitable = exploitable (transparent) = un + exploit + able

The negation 'un-' is productively added to 'exploitable' to create the opposite meaning, which is semantically clear in this sense of practical or commercial use.

Etymology

Unexploitable is made of un- 'not', exploit 'to use for gain', and -able 'can be', so it describes land or resources that 'cannot be used, developed, or made money from'.