unsharable
- adjective
- /ʌnˈʃɛrəbəl/
- Only then could my father begin to share that which was previously unsharable.
Examples
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He had a secret that was unsharable, something he wanted to keep just for himself.
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The sovereignty of each state is an integral whole that is indivisible and unsharable.
Academic text (1999) -
Still unsharable, yet the question of its sharing is raised before the unreal: "If we did hear a voice other than our own through our throat, we would be terrified."
Academic text (1998) -
In fact, those women historians who come from a "historic" feminist experience make use of a language, or rather a jargon, that is often cryptic, one alien to us because it implies the experience lived by other women who are not like us; thus, its very language ensures that it remains unsharable.
Academic text (1995) -
Her feelings about the situation were deeply personal and unsharable with anyone else.
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The artist believed that the meaning behind her work was unsharable and could only be understood on a personal level.
Synonyms
Something that you cannot explain or share with other people
You cannot share this information with people outside a company
Antonyms
How Shareable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unsharable is made from the parts un- meaning 'not', share meaning 'give or use with others', and -able meaning 'able to be'. So, unsharable means 'not able to be shared', which is why we use it for things you cannot share with others.