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underailable

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ derailable.

Adjective

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underailable (not comparable)

  1. That cannot derail, or be derailed.
    • 1953, Railway Gazette, Diesel Railway Traction[1]:
      It is claimed that this gives a locomotive which is almost underailable, and that its flexibility eliminates all secondary reactions in bogies and body.