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unclassifiable

Definitions

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  • adjective Incapable of being classified

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not possible to classify

Etymologies

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un- +‎ classifiable

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Examples

  • To fulfill this requirement, in 1999 EPA will issue "unclassifiable" designations for PM 2.5.

    Testimony Before The U.S. Senate Subcommittee On Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, And Nuclear Safety; Committee On The Environment And Public Works 1997

  • It recommended that the remainder of the state be listed as either meeting the standards or "unclassifiable" due to a lack of monitoring information.

    timesOnline: Local RSS feed bbauder@timesonline.com. 2010

  • That album lived up to the descriptor "unclassifiable"; it is a startling amalgamation of free jazz, metal and progressive rock percolating through a dense, constantly shifting soundscape.

    Prefix 2010

  • She said the EPA should conclude that Houston, for now, is "unclassifiable," meaning that the area isn't in compliance but won't need to submit a plan.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • That album lived up to the descriptor "unclassifiable"; it is a startling amalgamation of free jazz, metal and progressive rock percolating through a dense, constantly shifting soundscape.

    Prefix 2010

  • Missouri State Highway Patrol credits guard cable for reducing freeway fatalities State air panel OKs 'unclassifiable' ozone designation for Cape Girardeau County

    seMissourian.com Headlines 2009

  • I guess that's why iTunes calls Mirrored 'unclassifiable' …

    Drowned In Sound // Feed 2009

  • I used real words instead of cliche metaphors and "unclassifiable".

    Punknews.org 2009

  • Missouri State Highway Patrol credits guard cable for reducing freeway fatalities State air panel OKs 'unclassifiable' ozone designation for Cape Girardeau County

    seMissourian.com Headlines 2009

  • Missouri State Highway Patrol credits guard cable for reducing freeway fatalities State air panel OKs 'unclassifiable' ozone designation for Cape Girardeau County

    seMissourian.com Headlines 2009

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  • mollusque commented on the word unclassifiable

    She was unclassifiable, as remote and clear as mountain water, as elusive as its color.

    --Raymond Chandler, 1953, The Long Goodbye, chapter 13

    September 5, 2009