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nonreviewable

nonreviewable

7.9
Not able to be changed or appealed by another authority
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.rɪˈvjuː.ə.bəl/
  • Formal
translation icon : no revisable
  • The Attorney General's determination on this score should be final and nonreviewable.

Examples

  • The Attorney General's decision not to expand jurisdiction should be deemed final and nonreviewable.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Her performance review was classified as nonreviewable, so it would not be reassessed.

  • The board's ruling was nonreviewable, meaning no further appeals could be made.

  • The judge declared that the decision he made was nonreviewable under current law.

Synonyms

unreviewable
vsnonreviewable
  • Jargon
1 9.4

Cannot be looked at or changed by a court

is broader, covering formal evaluation by any authority not only courts
unappealable
vsnonreviewable
  • Formal
1 8.8

Cannot be changed by asking a higher court to look at it again

is broader, applying to any official review not only appeals

Antonyms

reviewable
  • Formal
1 4.0

Able to be checked or changed by an official

How Reviewable

reviewable
  • Formal
1 4.0
nonreviewable
  • Formal
7.9

Surface Forms

nonreviewable positive

Morphology

nonreviewable = reviewable (transparent) = non + review + able

Formed by prefixing 'non-' to the transparent adjective 'reviewable', producing a direct negation of 'able to be reviewed'.

Etymology

Nonreviewable breaks into non- ('not'), review ('to look again') and -able ('able'). So nonreviewable means something that cannot be looked at or checked again and cannot be appealed or changed by another body.