unconvertible

/'ʌnkən'və:təbl/

Thân thiện

The traveler found the local currency unconvertible at the airport.

Definition

Adjective 1. Incapable of being converted or exchanged: Used to describe something, especially a currency, that cannot be exchanged for or replaced by something else of equivalent value. 2. Not subject to change or transformation: Describes something that cannot be altered in form, nature, or function.

Usage and Examples

• The country's unconvertible currency created significant barriers for international trade and tourism.
• After the economic crisis, the government declared the old banknotes unconvertible, rendering them worthless outside the country.
• (Figurative) His deeply held beliefs were unconvertible; no argument could change his mind.

Advanced Usage

• "effectively unconvertible": A term used in economics to describe a currency that is officially convertible but has such strict controls or poor market conditions that conversion is practically impossible.
  • The currency was theoretically convertible, but capital controls made it effectively unconvertible for most citizens.

Variants and Related Words

• Inconvertible (adj): This is a more common synonym with identical meaning, especially in financial contexts.
  • inconvertible paper money
• Convertible (adj): The direct antonym, meaning capable of being exchanged or transformed.
  • a convertible currency
• Unconvertibility (n): The state or quality of being unconvertible.
  • The unconvertibility of the currency isolated the nation's economy.

Synonyms

• Inconvertible
• Unexchangeable
• Irredeemable (in financial contexts)

Antonyms

• Convertible
• Exchangeable
• Redeemable

Học thuật

Adjective

1. used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value

Từ đồng nghĩa

• inconvertible
• unexchangeable