non teachable

teach·a·ble

[tee-chuh-buhl]
adjective
1.
capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.
2.
capable of being taught, as a subject.

Origin:
1475–85; teach + -able

teach·a·bil·i·ty, teach·a·ble·ness, noun
teach·a·bly, adverb
non·teach·a·bil·i·ty, noun
non·teach·a·ble, adjective
non·teach·a·ble·ness, noun
non·teach·a·b·ly, adverb
un·teach·a·ble, adjective
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teach (tiːtʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb (often foll by how) , teaches, teaching, taught
1.  to help to learn; tell or show (how): to teach someone to paint; to teach someone how to paint
2.  to give instruction or lessons in (a subject) to (a person or animal): to teach French; to teach children; she teaches
3.  (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to cause to learn or understand: experience taught him that he could not be a journalist
4.  informal Also: teach someone a lesson to cause (someone) to suffer the unpleasant consequences of some action or behaviour
 
[Old English tǣcan; related to tācentoken, Old Frisian tēken, Old Saxon tēkan, Old High German zeihhan, Old Norse teikn sign]
 
'teachable
 
adj

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