Unforceable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unable to be forced.

    "“I can swear to it, and besides, if they had had the key or a duplicate, why should they waste time trying to force an obviously unforceable lock?”"

Example

More examples

"“I can swear to it, and besides, if they had had the key or a duplicate, why should they waste time trying to force an obviously unforceable lock?”"

Etymology

From un- + force + -able.

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