unknottable

English

Etymology 1

un- +‎ knottable

Adjective

unknottable (comparative more unknottable, superlative most unknottable)

  1. Not knottable; in which a knot cannot be tied.
    • 2009, Brion Toss, Chapman Knots for Boaters, page 132:
      A Stoppered Coil is also the stow for unknottable items such as garden hose and wire rope.

Etymology 2

unknot +‎ -able

Adjective

unknottable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be unknotted.
    • 2013, Ling-Lie Chau, Werner Nahm, Differential Geometric Methods in Theoretical Physics, page 560:
      […] and finally the knot is reduced to those which are easily unknottable.
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