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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