inconvertible

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=con=vert=i=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

inconvertible, a. [L. inconvertibilis: cf. F. inconvertible. See In- not, and Convertible.].

 Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie.  Walsh.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inconvertible, adj.
1 not convertible.
2 (esp. of currency) not convertible into another form on demand.

Derivative

inconvertibility n. inconvertibly adv.

Etymology

F inconvertible or LL inconvertibilis (as IN-(1), CONVERTIBLE)

THESAURUS

inconvertible

changeless, constant, immutable, incommutable, indefeasible, inert, insusceptible of change, intransmutable, invariable, irredeemable, irretrievable, irreversible, irrevocable, lasting, noble, nonreturnable, nonreversible, permanent, reverseless, unalterable, unalterative, unaltered, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeflectable, undeviating, unmodifiable, unpayable, unremitting, unrestorable, unreturnable, unsusceptible, unvariable, unvarying

ROGET THESAURUS

inconvertible

Continuance in action

N continuance in action, continuance, continuation, run, perpetuation, prolongation, persistence, repetition, continuing, uninterrupted, unintermitting, unvarying, unshifting, unreversed, unstopped, unrevoked, unvaried, sustained, undying, inconvertible, Int, keep it up!, go to it!, right away!, right on!, attaboy!, nolumus leges Angliae mutari, vestigia nulla retrorsum, labitur et albetur.