openable
adjective
capable of being opened.
unopenable
-
a word derived from
openable.
Example Sentences
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For the second task, the dogs were presented with an impossible challenge: opening an unopenable container to access delicious-smelling food inside.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 9, 2022
The very definition of a First World problem: unopenable curtains.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017
Judith Scott’s sculptures sit like large, unopened, possibly unopenable bundles, contents unknown, in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2014
As one account notes, Woodbridge had rigged the lock so the bolt would catch if tried before the tumblers were set, rendering it unopenable.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2013
The unopenable box has been long since opened, and the unchangeable guinea long since changed.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852 by William Chambers
