Disallowableness

/ˌdɪsəˈlaʊəbəlnəs/ noun

Definition

The quality or state of being capable of being disallowed or rejected.

Etymology

From disallowable + -ness (a suffix creating nouns expressing quality or state). This is a compound of dis- + allow + -able + -ness.

Kelly Says

This is one of those wonderfully long English words that's technically correct but rarely used—it's the abstract noun form of a concept that would usually be expressed much more simply!

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