inconvertible

[ in-kuhn-vur-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. (of paper money) not capable of being converted into specie.
2. not interchangeable.

inconvertible

/ ˌɪnkənˈvɜːtəbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being converted or changed
2. of paper currency
   1. not redeemable for gold or silver specie
   2. not exchangeable for another currency

Derived Forms

• ˌinconˈvertibly, adverb
• ˌinconˌvertiˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• incon·verti·bili·ty incon·verti·ble·ness noun
• incon·verti·bly adverb

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

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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