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unbailable

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ bailable.

Adjective

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unbailable (not comparable)

  1. Not bailable.
    • 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 246:
      Humans had to be schooled in how to describe the maelstrom as if they weren’t lost in the middle of it, in their own unbailable open boat.