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unwearable en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + wearable.

Meanings

1. Not able to be worn
2. Clothing that is unsuitable for wear in most circumstances because it is extreme, unusual, or uncomfortable.
   • European designers entered into the nineties with fashion collections that were astonishingly unwearable. 2004, Daniel Delis Hill, As Seen in Vogue, page 133:

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Antonyms

wearable (antonym(s) of “unable to be worn in ordinary circumstances”)

Deriveds

unwearably

unwearable en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + wearable.

Meanings

1. Something, such as clothing, that cannot be worn
   • He’s compensating you for an injury, not for purchasing your spattered unwearables. 2009 January 25, Randy Cohen, “Truth in Suspension”, in New York Times:

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