uninsurable
3
7.0
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪnˈʃʊrəbəl/
- Specialized
:
no asegurado
- She felt frustrated when she discovered that her chronic illness made her uninsurable by most insurance companies.
- make them uninsurable
- uninsured and uninsurable
- uninsurable people
Examples
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He was considered 'uninsurable' until he had been off treatment for at least 5 years.
Blog text (26) -
However, high-risk pools cover too small a portion of the uninsured population to be a panacea for the problem of the uninsured or the uninsurable.
Academic text (2011) -
All this negative publicity has made her uninsurable, and without insurance, she cannot be employed to act.
Fiction book (1994) -
That way, the bad ones get run out of the profession because they are uninsurable.
Blog text (21) -
Hey, but while I'm calling today, I'm uninsurable as far as life insurance goes.
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I am uninsurable.
Blog text (20) -
(I moved to Panama because I was uninsurable here, had health problems, and was still a few years short of Medicare.)
Blog text (27) -
They also indicated that insurance companies should realize that people are uninsurable because of preexisting conditions and that companies should drop that clause.
Academic text (2004) -
Prior to the Affordable Care Act, Gracie was uninsurable and/or faced a lifetime limit on health care because she was born premature.
Blog text (26) -
Policymakers can learn a great deal from the experiences Minnesota and other states have had in addressing the unique needs of the uninsurable using state high-risk pools.
Academic text (2011)
Antonyms
How Insurable
- Specialized
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4.8
- Specialized
3
7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uninsurable is formed from the prefix un- ('not') and insure ('to buy protection'), the same root you see in insurance, so uninsurable means something that cannot be covered by insurance.