unhookable

adj — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From unhook + -able.

Capable of being taken down from hooks.

adj

Etymology From un- + hookable.

Impossible to hook or catch hold of.

The water was full of unhookable fish; they would strike savagely but quickly slip from the hook before I could even identify them.2008, Paul Schullery, Mountain Time: A Yellowstone Memoir, page 51:

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