unrestableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛstəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛstəb(ə)l/ rare before late 19th cent.
That cannot be rested or made to rest.
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the world > movement > restlessness > [adjective] > that cannot rest
unrestable1662
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 74 This therefore is the unrestable appointment of the water, that by proceeding continually upwards and downwards, it [etc.].
1862 Cassell's Illustr. Hist. of Eng. VI. ix. 438/2 By such means was the native population of France being rapidly drawn off into destruction by this unrestable [1865–74 (rev. ed.) restless] modern Moloch.
1897 North-Western Monthly July 61/1 Her tea drinking only disguises temporarily her nerve-fag; and more than anything else induces that restless, unresting, unrestable condition of nervous activity.
1962 Arion Winter 79 The world—open and beautiful here—is tossed recklessly before restless and unrestable eyes.
2014 www.theanfieldwrap.com 21 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive) Gerrard will always start and appears to be undroppable and unrestable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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