untieable

English

Alternative forms

• untiable

Etymology 1

From untie +‎ -able.

Adjective

untieable (not comparable)

1. Able to be untied.

   an untieable knot

   • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 179:

     And the parson, true to the shepherding instincts, soon began to extend his vigilance to every member of his domestic fold. It seemed to Ursie that his mission was to either catch her bootlaces untied or a not untiable knot in them.

Derived terms

• un-untieable

Etymology 2

From un- +‎ tieable.

Adjective

untieable (not comparable)

1. Unable to be tied, not tieable.

Anagrams

• enubilate