returnable
adjective
that may be returned.
unreturnable
-
a word derived from
returnable.
Example Sentences
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Williams had no problem approaching the devastating service speed of her glory days, thudding down one unreturnable delivery that reached 120mph late in the first set.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
On the five break points she faced, she sent down four aces and one unreturnable serve.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Her presence quietly fills the court, and she dominates with bursts of power — sudden, unreturnable forehands from six feet behind the baseline, jumping backhands, aces boomed down the T.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2021
Halep saves the first, taking control of the point with a vicious return from a second serve and never letting go, but a brilliant and unreturnable serve next up wins it!
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2020
Say to him how much I regret that we owe him unreturnable obligations; for I still have my old fear that we shall never see him again.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb
