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unscannable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English scannable English unscannable From un- + scannable.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That cannot be scanned.
    • There is no prototype for the new bills, but Treasury officials said the final design work on the portrait adjustment, matching watermark security threads and unscannable threads had been authorized by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen. 1994 July 14, “Greenbacks to Get High-Tech Makeover”, in The New York Times: