unseizable

adjective

un·​seiz·​able

¦ən¦sēzəbəl

: incapable of being seized

an unshorn lamb … now ran round, bleating, terror-stricken, and unseizable

—Israel Zangwill

noticed an unseizable resemblance between these second cousins

—John Galsworthy

remains as unseizable to their wits as a high flight of metaphysics

—R. L. Stevenson

unseizableness noun

plural -es

Word History

Etymology

un- entry 1 + seize + -able

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