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inconvertible
[ in-kuhn-vur-tuh-buhl ]
adjective
- (of paper money) not capable of being converted into specie.
- not interchangeable.
inconvertible
/ ˌɪnkənˈvɜːtəbəl /
adjective
- incapable of being converted or changed
- of paper currency
- not redeemable for gold or silver specie
- not exchangeable for another currency
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Derived Forms
- ˌinconˈvertibly, adverb
- ˌinconˌvertiˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- incon·verti·bili·ty incon·verti·ble·ness noun
- incon·verti·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inconvertible1
First recorded in 1640–50, inconvertible is from the Late Latin word inconvertibilis not alterable. See in- 3, convertible
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Example Sentences
They abhor men as tasteless, dull, and inconvertible, and console themselves with color-bags and blocks of marble.
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To all these causes of poverty there was added the hopeless confusion due to an inconvertible paper currency.
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But though I despair of ever curing myself of the disposition to criticise, I am not inconvertible.
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Mill further says that such inconvertible paper money will act on prices.
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Spirits and bodies, he urged, are antithetical and inconvertible, nor can any one save God give spirit a bodily form.
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