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UNEXCHANGEABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unexchangeable mean?
• UNEXCHANGEABLE (adjective)
The adjective UNEXCHANGEABLE has 2 senses:
1. not suitable to be exchanged
2. used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value
Familiarity information: UNEXCHANGEABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not suitable to be exchanged
Similar:
incommutable (not interchangeable or able to substitute one for another)
Antonym:
exchangeable (suitable to be exchanged)
Derivation:
unexchangeability (the quality of being incapable of exchange or interchange)
Sense 2
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))
Derivation:
unexchangeability (the quality of being incapable of exchange or interchange)
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