Dictionary

unhappenable en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + happen + -able.

Meanings

1. (humorous, often, rare) Not happenable; synonym of impossible.
   • Why should the aged be unhappy, / Mope in the dark, when the unhappenable / Is theirs and they can glide between the shades / Of meaning in a dream, talk to the shades […] 1967, Austin Clarke, “More Extracts from a Diary of Dreams”, in Old-Fashioned Pilgrimage and Other Poems, Dolmen Press, →ISBN:
   • Then you'll be ready if the unthinkable happens. Just because it's unthinkable doesn't mean it's unhappenable. 2007, Rabbis of Boca Raton Theological Seminary, How to Raise a Jewish Dog, Little, Brown, →ISBN:
   • A lawyer who came to the village only fifteen or so years ago assures me that the things which occurred during his first few seasons here are absolutely unhappenable now. 1925, Willard Johnson, “The good old days: (Santa Fe: with foot-notes).”, in Southwest Review, volume 10, number 4, →JSTOR, pages 66–72:

Forms

Antonyms

happenable

Synonyms

unpossible