untransferable

Example Sentences

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“Place” is particular, untransferable, something to which it is possible to belong.

From Economist • Nov. 13, 2014

Ultimately, there may be an insurmountable issue at the heart of the whole cross-platform phenomenon: the nature of storytelling within an interactive medium is unique and untransferable.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2011

Rosalie received her curtain-call boos in an outfit by the Japanese designer, but his magic touch turned out to be untransferable.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is something untransferable in the boy's face; perhaps its outshining character.

From From a Bench in Our Square by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

But it is personal, untransferable, and, as it were, instinctive.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John