"unhappenable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unhappenable [comparative], most unhappenable [superlative]
Etymology: un- + happen + -able Etymology templates: {{confix|en|un|happen|able}} un- + happen + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} unhappenable (comparative more unhappenable, superlative most unhappenable)
  1. (rare, often humorous) Not happenable; synonym of impossible. Tags: humorous, often, rare Synonyms: unpossible

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