ungraspable

adj
/ʌnˈɡɹɑːspəb(ə)l/UK

Etymology

From un- + graspable.

  1. inherited from *graipisōną
  2. inherited from *graipisōn
  3. inherited from *grǣpsian
  4. inherited from graspen
  5. suffixed as graspable — “grasp + able
  6. prefixed as ungraspable — “un- + graspable

Definitions

  1. Not able to be reached or grasped.

    • It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all.
  2. Not able to be remembered or comprehended.

    • Before, somewhere and time ungraspable, blurred and beset with bewildering details, she had lain alone in bed, listening to gladsome bird voices, mingled with a sense of distressed humanity.
    • Voldemorting is the anti-SEO, the anti-keyword, and the anti-hashtag. It transforms your subject from a single mass into an ungraspable swarm.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ungraspable. 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