unloadable

adj — 2 senses

unloadable

adj

Etymology From un- + loadable.

1

Not loadable; that cannot be loaded.

  • This was sometimes repeated again and again, the rings remaining in the rifling until the weapon was unloadable.1907, William Wellington Greener, The Gun and Its Development:

unloadable

adj

Etymology From unload + -able.

1

Capable of being unloaded.

  • With standardization, a type of car could be built that would be readily unloadable and fitted for a back haul.1918, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science:
  • 2001, Cheek et al, Tru64 UNIX System Administrator's Guide […] may or may not be dynamically unloadable […]

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