unreturnable

adjective

un·​re·​turn·​able ˌən-ri-ˈtər-nə-bəl How to pronounce unreturnable (audio)
: not allowed to be returned : not returnable
unreturnable merchandise

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Facing his fourth break point, Shelton hit a 134 mph unreturnable serve. Lukas Weese, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025 In all, Victory Christian Academy had 778 unreturnable serves. Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022 In the third set Highland Park closed a 21-17 deficit to 23-22, but middle blocker Erika Gustafson’s rejection of a point-blank spike brought Guyer to game point and Stowers finished it with a unreturnable tip. Dallas News, 8 Nov. 2022 Then Willow followed with a huge ace that was unreturnable, and the die was cast. Joe Magill, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2021 Would Gobert playing tennis lead to a too-fast, steep-angle, unreturnable serve? Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2021 Yet to see the 7-foot Opelka move effortlessly around the court is to watch someone who can do much more than crank out unreturnable serves. Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021 Jack Brooks boomed a pair of unreturnable punts, including one that went 50 yards. Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 25 Oct. 2020 Sanders also boomed all but one of his kickoffs deep into the end zone, making most of them unreturnable. Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unreturnable was in 1740

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“Unreturnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unreturnable. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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