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unfattable

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ fat +‎ -able.

Adjective

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unfattable (comparative more unfattable, superlative most unfattable)

  1. (archaic) That cannot be fattened; unfattenable.
    • 1803, The Farmer's Magazine, volume 4, page 399:
      Hogs are also advantageous, when they can be brought through the winter without the ravages of any annual distemper; but where they are in a broken, unequal, and consequently unfattable state, dinmonting them becomes necessary []