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⚖️ Not judged in court 🔬 Not testable
untriable

untriable

1 9.8
Not able to be taken to court for a decision
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈtraɪəbl/
  • Formal
translation icon : no enjuiciable
  • The case was deemed untriable due to lack of evidence.

Examples

  • Due to a legal technicality, the defendant's actions were considered untriable in this jurisdiction.

  • Some crimes may be untriable if the statute of limitations has expired.

  • The judge ruled that the evidence was insufficient, making the case untriable.

  • This case is untriable!

  • The court ruled that many of the detainees were untriable due to issues with the evidence presented.

  • Under the current legal framework, certain cases can be deemed untriable if the necessary evidence is not available.

  • Lawyers argued that the allegations against the defendant made him effectively untriable in a court of law.

Antonyms

triable
  • Formal
1 6.5

Can be decided in a court of law

How Triable

triable
  • Formal
1 6.5
untriable
  • Formal
1 9.8

Surface Forms

untriable positive

Morphology

untriable = triable (semi-transparent) = un + try + able

Formed by prefixing 'un-' to 'triable'; the legal sense 'subject to trial' is somewhat specialized and may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Untriable starts with un- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from trial and try, words about a court case. So untriable means 'not able to be brought to trial' or judged in court.