Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Incapable of being transferred or passed from one to another: as, power or right untransferable.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
untransferrable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective incapable of being transferred
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Examples
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All of us, at some moment, have had a vision of our existence as something unique, untransferable [sic.] and very precious. ...
Daniel Maree: "The Pachuco" & The Vuvuzela: South Africa, the World Cup, and Social Justice 2010
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All of us, at some moment, have had a vision of our existence as something unique, untransferable [sic.] and very precious. ...
Daniel Maree: "The Pachuco" & The Vuvuzela: South Africa, the World Cup, and Social Justice Daniel Maree 2010
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Time elapsed and subjective context untransferable.
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This means not ingeniously discovering infallible ways of being 'true' in the eyes of others and of posterity (if any!) but accepting my untruth in the untransferable anguish which is characteristic of death, and leaving all 'justification' to God.
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Many poor countries are held back in their development because capital is unowned, unregistered, untransferable and cannot be used as collateral.
Iceland Isn't Melting Hannes Holmsteinn Gissurarson 2008
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Rosalie received her curtain-call boos in an outfit by the Japanese designer, but his magic touch turned out to be untransferable.
Archive 2007-10-01 Patrick J. Smith 2007
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Rosalie received her curtain-call boos in an outfit by the Japanese designer, but his magic touch turned out to be untransferable.
Alfred Kirchner's Götterdämmerung Patrick J. Smith 2007
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Bethmann-Hollweg parried, saying that an order by the kaiser to begin unrestricted U-boat warfare would indeed be an expression of imperial authority, but that an unrestricted submarine campaign, directed not only against enemy ships but also against neutral vessels, “directly affects our relations with neutral states and thus represents an act of foreign policy … for which I have sole and untransferable responsibility.”
Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003
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That is, if no rights are transferred, than these particular rights are still untransferred, and, if you please, untransferable.
Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject E. N. [Editor] Elliott
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The irony of Mr. Harrison's tone is quite untransferable to paper.
Anne of Avonlea 1909
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