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unloanable

American  
[uhn-loh-nuh-buhl] / ʌnˈloʊ nə bəl /

adjective

  1. that cannot or may not be loaned.

Etymology

Origin of unloanable

un- 1 + loanable

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The chief difficulty in this plan is that the association has too few funds to loan at the beginning of its career, and a surplus of unloanable funds as it nears the maturity of the series.

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