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Unfirable vs Unfixable - What's the difference?

unfirable | unfixable |

As adjectives the difference between unfirable and unfixable

is that unfirable is incapable of being fired (in various senses) while unfixable is not capable of being fixed (mended or repaired).

unfirable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Incapable of being fired (in various senses).
  • * 2007 , Phillip F. Schewe, The Grid
  • Moses was practically unfirable ; he was to government construction what J. Edgar Hoover had been to crime enforcement.
  • * 2010 , Richard Rouse III, Game Design: Theory and Practice, Second Edition
  • Once the ammunition is out for a mounted weapon, the weapon will be unfirable though the player may still “Use” the weapon.
  • * 2013 , Paolo Spagnoletti, Organizational Change and Information Systems
  • There is a combination of the condition values that is inconsistent and therefore the rule is unfirable .

    unfixable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not capable of being fixed (mended or repaired).
  • Not capable of being fixed (attached).
  • Synonyms

    * unmendable

    Derived terms

    * unfixably