unmasterable
- adjective
- /ʌnˈmɑːstərəbəl/
- Despite years of practice, she felt that playing the piano remained unmasterable for her.
Examples
-
The complexities of quantum physics often seem unmasterable to college students.
-
There is a huge and unmasterable literature by now on what Hegel and company called die bürgerliche Gesellschaft—and some pointers to at least the highlights of this literature really ought to make it into the published Project Syndicate version, but there is as of yet no easy way to include them.
Blog text (7) -
Many people believe that mastering a new language as an adult can be unmasterable.
Synonyms
Not able to be held back
Hard to control or deal with
Impossible or very hard to teach to follow instructions
Impossible to teach, usually needing natural talent or personal experience
Very hard to learn even after much practice
Hard to control or change
Not able to be defeated or controlled
Antonyms
How Masterable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unmasterable = masterable (transparent) = un + master + able
The negative prefix 'un-' is applied to the adjective 'masterable' (master + -able), yielding 'not able to be mastered', a directly derivable meaning.
Etymology
The word unmasterable breaks into un- 'not', master 'to control or be skilled', and -able 'can be'. So unmasterable means 'not' able to be mastered — something you cannot fully learn, control, or become skilled at.