unadoptable
adjEtymology From un- + adoptable.
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That cannot be adopted; unsuitable for adoption.
- Even children with minor or correctable handicaps such as harelip, cleft palate, crossed eyes, or clubfoot were classed as "unadoptable".1973, Colette Taube Dywasuk, Adoption — Is It for You?:
- At Columbia-Greene, staffers go for the most unadoptable animals to save them from euthanasia. The youngest, healthiest, cutest pets are waiting for you.1998, Elizabeth Hess, Lost and Found: