unadoptable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unadoptable (comparative more unadoptable, superlative most unadoptable)
- That cannot be adopted; unsuitable for adoption.
- 1973, Colette Taube Dywasuk, Adoption — Is It for You?:
- Even children with minor or correctable handicaps such as harelip, cleft palate, crossed eyes, or clubfoot were classed as "unadoptable".
- 1998, Elizabeth Hess, Lost and Found:
- At Columbia-Greene, staffers go for the most unadoptable animals to save them from euthanasia. The youngest, healthiest, cutest pets are waiting for you.