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unridable

unridable

8.1
Not safe or possible to ride, for example a broken bike
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈraɪdəbl/
translation icon : inmontable
  • She quickly realized that the stubborn mule was unridable and decided to walk instead.

Examples

  • After the accident, the bike was so damaged that it became unridable.

  • - No, no, he's unridable.

  • The horse was deemed unridable after it bucked off several experienced riders.

Antonyms

3.8

A thing you can sit on to move along, like a horse or bicycle

4.5

Can be ridden by a person

How Ridable

easy
1.0
rideable
2 3.5
difficult
1.6
unridable
8.1

Surface Forms

unridable positive

Morphology

unridable = ridable (transparent) = un + ride + able

Clear negation of 'ridable' ('ride' + '-able'); meaning 'not able to be ridden' follows standard English negation.

Etymology

Unridable breaks into un- 'not', ride 'to sit on and travel', and -able 'able to be'. So, unridable means 'not able to be ridden'.