单词 | unlocatable |
释义 | unlocatableadj. That cannot be placed or located (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [adjective] > able to be ascertained > not indiscoverable1640 undiscoverable1642 unlocatable1844 indetectable1853 1844 S. Reed Rep. Surveyor Gen. Illinois & Missouri in Rep. Commissioner Gen. Land Office 63 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (28th Congr., 2nd Sess: House of Representatives Doc. 15) I Such action by Congress as will enable the claimant to select the amount of land called for in his grant..and thereby save this office the vexations of hunting for the locality of unlocatable claims. 1896 Rep. Supreme Court Calif. 111 603 Its declaration that the land was unlocatable at the time of plaintiff's entry. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet iii. ii. 268 The cousin's voice seemed to emerge from it, sourceless, unlocatable, without even the weight of breath to give it volume. 1993 S. P. Lee Morality, Prudence, & Nucl. Weapons (1996) 149 Ballistic missile submarines remain practically unlocatable when on patrol. 2016 Guardian (Nexis) 29 Feb. The fact that his accent is so unlocatable makes his performance even more exotic: a weird blend of English, Scottish and Hollywood Russian. Derivatives unloˈcatably adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [adverb] > able to be discovered > not undiscoverably1645 unlocatably1986 1986 New Yorker 18 Aug. 71/2 Power has become unlocatably diffused. 2012 N.Y. Times 23 Sept. mm26 I lay on a chaise in the shade, feeling paler and softer than I ever had in my life and unlocatably depressed in the way that resorts do so well. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1844 |
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