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unpaintable

adjective
un·​paintable | \"+\

Definition of unpaintable 

: not paintable especially : not suitable for artistic representation on canvas

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Other Words from unpaintable

unpaintableness \ "+ \ noun

First Known Use of unpaintable

1818, in the meaning defined above

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