unmailableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmeɪləbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈmeɪləb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, mailable adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + mailable adj.

North American.

Not able to be mailed; spec. (U.S.) not admissible to mail services for dispatch or delivery.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > letter > mail > [adjective] > mailable > not

unmailable1842

1842 N.Y. Herald 5 Aug. There is no reason that..any mail agent, should carry on such an enterprise as carrying packages and unmailable matter, at the expense of the government, and pocket the profits himself.

1874 U.S. Official Post Guide Introd. p.xvii Such matter must be forwarded to the Dead-Letter Office marked as ‘unmailable’.

1892 Typewriting Instructor & Stenographer's Hand-bk. 61 Confectioneries are unmailable except when done up in tin boxes.

1912 Crisis Feb. 145/1 The Postmaster-General has decided that postal cards bearing pictures of lynchings are unmailable.

2001 P. Glassgold Anarchy! 400 The August issue of Mother Earth was deemed unmailable by the U.S. Post Office and confiscated.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmailable
释义	unmailableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmeɪləbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈmeɪləb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, mailable adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + mailable adj. North American. Not able to be mailed; spec. (U.S.) not admissible to mail services for dispatch or delivery. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > mail > [adjective] > mailable > not unmailable1842 1842 N.Y. Herald 5 Aug. There is no reason that..any mail agent, should carry on such an enterprise as carrying packages and unmailable matter, at the expense of the government, and pocket the profits himself. 1874 U.S. Official Post Guide Introd. p.xvii Such matter must be forwarded to the Dead-Letter Office marked as ‘unmailable’. 1892 Typewriting Instructor & Stenographer's Hand-bk. 61 Confectioneries are unmailable except when done up in tin boxes. 1912 Crisis Feb. 145/1 The Postmaster-General has decided that postal cards bearing pictures of lynchings are unmailable. 2001 P. Glassgold Anarchy! 400 The August issue of Mother Earth was deemed unmailable by the U.S. Post Office and confiscated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1842
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