inflammable
adjective
capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable.
uninflammable
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a word derived from
inflammable.
Example Sentences
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By an unusual combination of circumstances the bill fell into the hands of uninflammable men.
From Time Magazine Archive
That what he supposed to have been renunciation and self-control and chivalry had in reality been a rather tactfully steered uninflammable affection?
From Balloons by Elizabeth Bibesco
Brown, of Woolwich Arsenal, discovered that perfectly wet and uninflammable compressed gun-cotton could be easily detonated by the detonation of a priming charge of the dry material in contact with it.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford
The tendency of the acetous process of fermentation, is to involve or entangle the hydrogen and carbon of the fermented fluid, with a greater proportion of oxygen, into vinegar, which is uninflammable.
From The American Practical Brewer and Tanner by Joseph Coppinger
Now and then a cheer broke out, but it died again without kindling another in the uninflammable mass.
From The Valley of Decision by Edith Wharton
