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unreviewable

unreviewable

9.1
Impossible to check because it cannot be opened or reached
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌn.rɪˈvjuː.ə.bəl/
translation icon : no revisable
  • Some online content is unreviewable because of privacy restrictions and technical barriers.

Examples

  • The corrupted file was unreviewable by the editors, so they requested a replacement.

  • The technical flaws rendered the software unreviewable by the quality assurance team.

  • Due to missing data, the report was considered unreviewable by the committee.

  • The decision was deemed unreviewable by the court.

  • Many regulations are unreviewable under current law.

  • The committee deemed the application unreviewable due to incomplete documentation.

  • Privacy laws make certain data unreviewable for external auditors.

Synonyms

unavailable
vsunreviewable
81 3.4

Not able to be used, reached, or bought

is about being impossible to examine rather than simply not being at hand
inaccessible
vsunreviewable
28 7.9

Not able to be reached, used, or understood

is specifically about being impossible to evaluate rather than only being hard to reach
undivable
vsunreviewable
9.9

Not possible to look at or talk about in detail

is impossible to examine due to condition, inaccessibility, or technical limits
untriable
vsunreviewable
  • Specialized
9.8

Not able to be tested in an experiment

is used for evaluation problems beyond just experimental testing
nonreviewable
vsunreviewable
  • Formal
7.9

Not able to be changed or appealed by another authority

is about inability to examine due to conditions rather than process limits
unviewable
vsunreviewable
7.2

Not able to be seen because of technical problems or access limits

is about inability to examine or assess, not only inability to see

Antonyms

280 3.9

A place, thing, or service that you can reach and use easily

reviewable
  • Formal
1 4.0

Able to be checked or changed by an official

How Reviewable

reviewable
  • Formal
1 4.0
unreviewable
9.1

Surface Forms

unreviewable positive

Morphology

unreviewable = reviewable (transparent) = un + review + able

The word is formed regularly from 'reviewable' with the negative prefix 'un-,' so the meaning follows directly.

Etymology

The word unreviewable breaks into un- 'not', review, which comes from re- 'again' and view 'look', and -able 'can'. So it literally means 'not able to be looked at again', which explains why it is used when a file or report cannot be examined because it is damaged, missing, or blocked by technology.