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unˈfaceable, a.
[un-1 7 b.]
a. (See quot. a 1825.) dial.
b. Unattractive in features. dial.
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Unfaceable, unreasonable; indefensible. 1899Crockett Kit Kennedy xxxiii, I hae seen mony queer-lookin' and unfaceable ministers.
c. That cannot be faced or confronted.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1966M. Russell No Return Ticket ix. 79 Suddenly the prospect of work was unfaceable. 1981M. McMullen Other Shoe (1982) xii. 111 Willett exchanged unfaceable reality for unconsciousness. |