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uninsurable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- English insure Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English insurable English uninsurable From un- + insurable.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not insurable; unable to be insured.
   • “We’re not in a crisis yet, but all of the trends are in a bad direction,” said Dave Jones, who is completing his eighth and final year as California’s insurance commissioner. “We’re slowly marching toward a world that’s uninsurable.” 2018 November 20, Mary Williams Walsh, “How Wildfires Are Making Some California Homes Uninsurable”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Deriveds

uninsurably

Relateds

uninsured

Translations (4)

cs nepojistitelný (not insurable) · de unversicherbar (not insurable) · nl onverzekerbaar (not insurable) · fr inassurable (not insurable)

uninsurable en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- English insure Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English insurable English uninsurable From un- + insurable.

Meanings

1. A person or thing that cannot be insured.
   • So-called uninsurables are a rapidly diminishing group, according to the Institute of Life Insurance. Persons who cannot qualify for life insurance are becoming fewer every year, the organization said yesterday. 1960 July 20, “Few Uninsurable in the Jet Age”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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