"unwishable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: un- + wishable. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|wishable}} un- + wishable Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unwishable (not comparable)
  1. That cannot or must not be wished. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-unwishable-en-adj-bVItjSOI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

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          "text": "1653, John Goodwin, An Exposition of The Ninth Chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, [1652, A Paraphrase], 1835, Baynes and Son, page 69,\nThis interpretation, though it doth not suppose an eternal separation from Christ to be the matter of the Apostle's actual wish, at one time or other, or upon one consideration or other, wherein it differs from the former; yet it rendereth it as a thing wishable, or which the Apostle could and would wish, in case the two impediments specified, which render it de facto unwishable, were or could be removed out of the way."
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