Unadoptable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That cannot be adopted; unsuitable for adoption.

    "Even children with minor or correctable handicaps such as harelip, cleft palate, crossed eyes, or clubfoot were classed as "unadoptable"."

Adjective
  1. 1
    difficult to place in an adoptive home wordnet

Example

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"Even children with minor or correctable handicaps such as harelip, cleft palate, crossed eyes, or clubfoot were classed as "unadoptable"."

Etymology

From un- + adoptable.

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