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

The Englishman makes the well-known untransferable click with his tongue: the Norwegian imitates the sound of a kiss: the Arab rolls an r-r-r: the Neapolitan coachman barks Wow! wow! wow!

From A New Medley of Memories by Hunter-Blair, David

Once taken, the name is generic, inalienable and untransferable.

From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Harland, Marion