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unspendable

unspendable

8.3
You cannot use it to buy things or pay for them
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈspɛndəbl/
translation icon : no gastable
  • The account was filled with unspendable funds that could not be used for purchases.

Yeah, back there you talked about unspendable transactions, outputs, outputs, Yes.

Examples

  • The money I received as a birthday gift is unspendable until I reach 18 years old.

  • He found that the rewards points were unspendable and could only be redeemed for gifts.

  • Yeah, back there you talked about unspendable transactions, outputs, outputs, Yes.

    MIT OpenCourseWare

  • I am Hope, the unspendable coin—because to remain yours I must remain a virgin mystery.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • It was an instant of ecstasy and then an eternity of unspent, unspendable want.

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

unexchangeable
vsunspendable
1 7.3

You cannot return or change it after you buy it

is about inability to be spent as payment rather than mere exchange limits
untender
vsunspendable
  • Formal
9.9

Money or coins not legally accepted as payment

is unusable as money regardless of legal recognition
nondisposable
vsunspendable
  • Specialized
7.7

Money you cannot spend because of rules

focuses on money use specifically rather than general resource restriction
unconvertible
vsunspendable
  • Specialized
8.6

You cannot exchange it for another currency or asset

relates to spending as money, not conversion between currencies
inconvertible
vsunspendable
  • Specialized
9.9

You cannot exchange it for another currency

refers to spending use rather than inability to change currency
irredeemable
vsunspendable
  • Specialized
8.6

Paper money not able to be exchanged for coins or gold

is about being unusable as payment rather than lacking metal backing

Antonyms

spendable
1 3.9

Money you can use to buy things after paying taxes

How Spendable

spendable
1 3.9
cashable
3.6
restricted
18 3.9
unspendable
8.3

Surface Forms

unspendable positive

Morphology

unspendable = spendable (transparent) = un + spend + able

Formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'spendable', so meaning is directly 'not able to be spent'.

Etymology

Unspendable breaks down simply: un- means 'not' and spendable means 'able to be spent' or used as money. So, unspendable describes money, cards, or coins you cannot use to pay, like an expired gift card or a damaged coin.