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English
Etymology
From un- + happen + -able.
Adjective
unhappenable (comparative more unhappenable, superlative most unhappenable)
- (rare, often humorous) Not happenable; synonym of impossible.
1925, Willard Johnson, “The good old days: (Santa Fe: with foot-notes).”, in Southwest Review, volume 10, number 4, →JSTOR, pages 66–72:A lawyer who came to the village only fifteen or so years ago assures me that the things which occurred during his first few seasons here are absolutely unhappenable now.
1967, Austin Clarke, “More Extracts from a Diary of Dreams”, in Old-Fashioned Pilgrimage and Other Poems, Dolmen Press, →ISBN:Why should the aged be unhappy, / Mope in the dark, when the unhappenable / Is theirs and they can glide between the shades / Of meaning in a dream, talk to the shades […]
2007, Rabbis of Boca Raton Theological Seminary, How to Raise a Jewish Dog, Little, Brown, →ISBN:Then you'll be ready if the unthinkable happens. Just because it's unthinkable doesn't mean it's unhappenable.
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