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unflushable

adj

Etymology

From un- + flushable.

  1. inherited from flusshen
  2. suffixed as flushable — “flush + able”
  3. formed as unflushable — “un- + flushable”

Definitions

  1. That cannot be flushed.

    • You may have heard an old crank in a big house ranting about appliances and unflushable toilets the other day.

  2. Not designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.

    • The Sydney water team are hoping that by showing families the 'unflushable' and 'unsinkable' items, that the environment will be a lot better off.

  3. That remains in the toilet bowl despite flushing.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An item that cannot be flushed.

      • Recently, I asked Moffat about the "unflushables" gag -- which leads to one of the funniest jokes in the British show -- and he said flatly, "That was not taken out by me."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unflushable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA