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INCONVERTIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inconvertible mean?
• INCONVERTIBLE (adjective)
The adjective INCONVERTIBLE has 2 senses:
1. used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value
2. not capable of being changed into something else
Familiarity information: INCONVERTIBLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value
Synonyms:
inconvertible; unconvertible; unexchangeable
Similar:
irredeemable ((of paper money) not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder)
Attribute:
convertibility (the quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction))
Antonym:
convertible (capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value)
Derivation:
inconvertibility (the quality of not being exchangeable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not capable of being changed into something else
Synonyms:
inconvertible; untransmutable
Context example:
the alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals
Similar:
incommutable (not subject to alteration or change)
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