unprogrammable

unprogrammable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English un-
English program
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English programmable
English unprogrammable

    From un- + programmable.

    Adjective

    unprogrammable (comparative more unprogrammable, superlative most unprogrammable)

    1. That cannot be programmed.
      • 1959, American College of Hospital Administrators, Hospital Administration:
        What the egghead offers is a set of techniques for programming certain kinds of previously unprogrammable jobs...
      • 2006, André Kukla, Joel Walmsley, Mind: A Historical and Philosophical Introduction to the Major Theories:
        Moreover, even if we admit that human thought is unprogrammable, Freud and James would still owe us an explanation...
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