| ADJECTIVE | all | inconvertible, unconvertible, unexchangeable | used especially of currencies |
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| all | inconvertible, untransmutable | not capable of being changed into something else |
| Meaning | Used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value. | |
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| Synonyms | unconvertible, unexchangeable | |
| Attribute of | convertibility | The quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction) |
| Narrower | irredeemable | (of paper money) not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder |
| Opposite | convertible, exchangeable | capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value |
| Spanish | inconvertible | |
| Catalan | inconvertible | |
| Nouns | inconvertibility | the quality of not being exchangeable |
| Meaning | not capable of being changed into something else. | |
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| Example | "the alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals" | |
| Synonym | untransmutable | |
| Broader | incommutable | not subject to alteration or change |
| Spanish | inconvertible | |
| Catalan | inconvertible | |
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