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untearable

  • a word derived from tear.
    tear
    noun
    a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles.

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Father has some untearable transparent envelopes, and I shall ask him for two of them.

From A Young Girl's Diary by Eden Paul

With a rough, coarse, untearable suit goes rough usage all around, and with fine clothes goes politeness of manner.

From Revisiting the Earth by James Langdon Hill

He opened his own envelope—the paper was more like a blanket than paper, and might have been made from the material of a child's untearable picture-book.

From Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) by Arnold Bennett

The toughness of the good northern breed is of a quality untearable, made to endure in all climates, under all conditions.

From Rosa Mundi and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell