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nondelegable

nondelegable

8.9
A duty that cannot be given to another person
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒnˈdɛlɪɡəbl/
  • Jargon
translation icon : no delegable
  • In many professions, certain responsibilities are considered nondelegable, meaning that the individual must fulfill them personally.

Examples

  • Or perhaps the Second Amendment should be read to require a draft reading the people's right to bear arms, in effect, as a nondelegable duty.

    Academic text (2000)

  • It is nondelegable.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The contract specified that the nondelegable tasks could not be assigned to anyone else without permission.

  • As a parent, you have nondelegable duties to care for and protect your children.

Synonyms

unassignable
vsnondelegable
8.4

Cannot be given or sold to another person

is more general and not limited to rights or property cases
untransferable
vsnondelegable
6.8

You cannot give it to someone else to use

focuses on being unable to give rights or duties to another person
unrelievable
vsnondelegable
8.9

Not able to be replaced in a job or duty

is about not allowing duties to be passed to another person

How Transferable

transferable
8 3.9
assignable
1 4.2
nondelegable
  • Jargon
8.9

Surface Forms

nondelegable positive

Morphology

nondelegable = delegable (transparent) = non + delegate + able

Formed by productive prefix 'non-' added to 'delegable' (delegate + -able), so the meaning is directly 'not able to be delegated'.

Etymology

The word nondelegable joins non- 'not' and delegate 'to give a task to someone else'. The part delegate comes from an old idea of 'sending or trusting' someone with work, so nondelegable means a duty you 'cannot give away' and must be done by the person in charge.