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UNPAINTABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unpaintable mean?
• UNPAINTABLE (adjective)
The adjective UNPAINTABLE has 1 sense:
1. not paintable especially not suitable for artistic representation on canvas
Familiarity information: UNPAINTABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not paintable especially not suitable for artistic representation on canvas
Context example:
the inexpressible, unpaintable 'tick' in the unconscious
Antonym:
paintable (lending itself to being painted)
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