inconvertible

[ in-kuhn-vur-tuh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

inconvertible

/ ˌɪnkənˈvɜːtəbəl /

incapable of being converted or changed
of paper currency
1. not redeemable for gold or silver specie
2. not exchangeable for another currency

First recorded in 1640–50, inconvertible is from the Late Latin word inconvertibilis not alterable. See in- ³, convertible

They abhor men as tasteless, dull, and inconvertible, and console themselves with color-bags and blocks of marble.

To all these causes of poverty there was added the hopeless confusion due to an inconvertible paper currency.

But though I despair of ever curing myself of the disposition to criticise, I am not inconvertible.

Mill further says that such inconvertible paper money will act on prices.

Spirits and bodies, he urged, are antithetical and inconvertible, nor can any one save God give spirit a bodily form.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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