unreturnable
adjective
un·re·turn·able
ˌən-ri-ˈtər-nə-bəl 
: not allowed to be returned : not returnable
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Facing his fourth break point, Shelton hit a 134 mph unreturnable serve.
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Lukas Weese, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
In all, Victory Christian Academy had 778 unreturnable serves.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
In the third set Highland Park closed a 21-17 deficit to 23-22, but middle blocker Erika Gustafson’s rejection of a point-blank spike brought Guyer to game point and Stowers finished it with a unreturnable tip.
—Dallas News, 8 Nov. 2022
Then Willow followed with a huge ace that was unreturnable, and the die was cast.
—Joe Magill, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2021
Would Gobert playing tennis lead to a too-fast, steep-angle, unreturnable serve?
—Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2021
Yet to see the 7-foot Opelka move effortlessly around the court is to watch someone who can do much more than crank out unreturnable serves.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
Jack Brooks boomed a pair of unreturnable punts, including one that went 50 yards.
—Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 25 Oct. 2020
Sanders also boomed all but one of his kickoffs deep into the end zone, making most of them unreturnable.
—Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2020
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Lukas Weese, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
In all, Victory Christian Academy had 778 unreturnable serves.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
In the third set Highland Park closed a 21-17 deficit to 23-22, but middle blocker Erika Gustafson’s rejection of a point-blank spike brought Guyer to game point and Stowers finished it with a unreturnable tip.
—Dallas News, 8 Nov. 2022
Then Willow followed with a huge ace that was unreturnable, and the die was cast.
—Joe Magill, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2021
Would Gobert playing tennis lead to a too-fast, steep-angle, unreturnable serve?
—Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2021
Yet to see the 7-foot Opelka move effortlessly around the court is to watch someone who can do much more than crank out unreturnable serves.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
Jack Brooks boomed a pair of unreturnable punts, including one that went 50 yards.
—Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 25 Oct. 2020
Sanders also boomed all but one of his kickoffs deep into the end zone, making most of them unreturnable.
—Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2020
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“Unreturnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unreturnable. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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