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 thing is as untransferable as the word is untranslatable.

From Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain by Charlotte Elizabeth

The irony of Mr. Harrison's tone is quite untransferable to paper.

From Anne of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)