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Punishable vs Unpunishable - What's the difference?

punishable | unpunishable |

As adjectives the difference between punishable and unpunishable

is that punishable is able to be punished; appropriate for punishment while unpunishable is not punishable; unable to be punished.

punishable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be punished; appropriate for punishment.
    • Littering in this area is punishable by a fine of up to $100.

    Derived terms

    * punishability * punishably * nonpunishable

    unpunishable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not punishable; unable to be punished.
  • * 2006 , Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, Why Arendt matters
    • If she had claimed that offenders were unpunishable she would, of course, have come into conflict with the provisions of most modern legal codes...