Impossible Adjectives

Find a way of saying something can’t be measured, admitted, or changed — in just one word.

Trompe l’oeil artwork in Knaresborough, in Yorkshire’s North Riding.

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Introduction

For each of the actions below, suggest a single adjective you could use to say that it can’t be done. For example, ‘That which cannot be measured’ is immeasurable. You may be able to think of more than one adjective for each action, and you may also be able to think of words not in our list of suggestions.

That which cannot

1 be dispensed with is ...

2 be tired out is ...

3 be measured is ...

4 be wounded is ...

5 be heard is ...

6 be numbered is ...

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