Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Incapable of being returned; impossible to be repaid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That is not able to be
returned - adjective That is not designed to be returned;
nonreturnable
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Examples
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Not counting south London's unpredictable weather, there is only one gloomy thought ahead, and that is the relentless procession of high-velocity serves that, if they are in, are effectively unreturnable.
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Not counting south London's unpredictable weather, there is only one gloomy thought ahead, and that is the relentless procession of high-velocity serves that, if they are in, are effectively unreturnable.
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Nadal gets the better of it, somehow, and then thumps down another unreturnable serve.
Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal - as it happened! | John Ashdown 2011
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Williams's shot, a bullet forehand to the opposite corner, was unreturnable, but the rules on hindrances in tennis are clear: Any deliberate action, such as a noise, that could distract an opponent forfeits the point even if there was no intent to distract.
Serena Goes Down in a Fit of Anger Tom Perrotta 2011
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It's like a giant inappropriate and unreturnable wedding gift.
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Now, I associated that look with those who had something precious and unreturnable snatched from their lives.
Stacy Parker Le Melle: What Jamal Saw: Finding the Disaster Aftermath in the Face of a Child Stacy Parker Le Melle 2010
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Now, I associated that look with those who had something precious and unreturnable snatched from their lives.
Stacy Parker Le Melle: What Jamal Saw: Finding the Disaster Aftermath in the Face of a Child 2010
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Discourse doesn't have to stoop to the level unreturnable.
Hillary On Obama's Speeches: "It's Change You Can Xerox" 2009
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Sir Michael Spicer lobbed one of his specialities - the tiny, unreturnable grenade – across the floor.
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If you're an tennis player, you don't care about exciting volleys, you develop an unreturnable serve.
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