inconvertible

[ in-kuhn-vur-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

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

Origin of inconvertible

First recorded in 1640–50, inconvertible is from the Late Latin word inconvertibilis not alterable. See in-³, convertible

Other words from inconvertible

in·con·vert·i·bil·i·ty, in·con·vert·i·ble·ness, noun
in·con·vert·i·bly, adverb

Words Nearby inconvertible

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How to use inconvertible in a sentence

They abhor men as tasteless, dull, and inconvertible, and console themselves with color-bags and blocks of marble.
Essays, First Series | Ralph Waldo Emerson
To all these causes of poverty there was added the hopeless confusion due to an inconvertible paper currency.
The Critical Period of American History | John Fiske
But though I despair of ever curing myself of the disposition to criticise, I am not inconvertible.
Charles Auchester, Volume 2 (of 2) | Elizabeth Sheppard
Mill further says that such inconvertible paper money will act on prices.
The Arena | Various
Spirits and bodies, he urged, are antithetical and inconvertible, nor can any one save God give spirit a bodily form.
A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 | Wallace Notestein

British Dictionary definitions for inconvertible

inconvertible

/ (ˌɪnkənˈvɜːtəbəl) /

adjective

incapable of being converted or changed
(of paper currency)
- not redeemable for gold or silver specie
- not exchangeable for another currency

Derived forms of inconvertible

inconvertibility or inconvertibleness, noun
inconvertibly, adverb

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