: incapable of being opened : not openable
an unopenable window
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For the second task, the dogs were presented with an impossible challenge: opening an unopenable container to access delicious-smelling food inside.
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Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 9 June 2022
The very definition of a First World problem: unopenable curtains.
—John Lanchester, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2017
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Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 9 June 2022
The very definition of a First World problem: unopenable curtains.
—John Lanchester, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2017
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“Unopenable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unopenable. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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