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

And another way to the soul only—rare, untransferable to words, and therefore not transmittable to others or to the reason.

From The Golden Fountain or, The Soul's Love for God. Being some Thoughts and Confessions of One of His Lovers by Staveley, Lilian

One of the high charms of his poetical language is its pure and melting melody, a charm untransferable to any more northern tongue.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas