unbailable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ bailable.

Adjective

unbailable (not comparable)

  1. Not bailable.
    • 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 246:
      Humans had to be schooled in how to describe the maelstrom as if they weren’t lost in the middle of it, in their own unbailable open boat.
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