undetainable
Impossible to keep
Undetainable describes someone or something that cannot be held, confined, or kept in custody.
The word applies literally to persons who slip through legal or physical restraints: The court ruled him undetainable without new evidence.
It extends to abstract things that resist containment: an undetainable spirit, undetainable energy.
Hard to find
- intangibleNot physically present
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- ungraspableImpossible to seize
transient · impermanent · abstract · ineffable · uncapturable · boundless · formless · essence
Lacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
- uncatchableCannot be seized
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- escapeeOne who fled confinement
pursuit · chase · manhunt · tracking · surveillance · eluding · vanishing · untraceable
To let go
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- bailCourt-set release payment
- habeas corpusWrit challenging lawful custody
- custodyProtective care or control
immigration · deportation · asylum · due process · rights · sanctuary · undocumented · ICE
elusive
Hard to find
- intangibleNot physically present
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
ungraspable · transient · impermanent · abstract · ineffable · uncapturable · boundless · formless · essence · spirit
slippery
Lacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
- uncatchableCannot be seized
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
escapee · pursuit · chase · manhunt · tracking · surveillance · eluding · vanishing · untraceable · disappearing
release
To let go
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- bailCourt-set release payment
- habeas corpusWrit challenging lawful custody
custody · immigration · deportation · asylum · due process · rights · sanctuary · undocumented · ICE · court order
undetainabledetainable
Subject to lawful holding
imprisonable · holdable · securable · arrestable · restrainable
undetainablesitting duck
Defenseless person or thing
trapped · cornered · pinned down · immobilized · stuck
undetainablecapturable
Able to be seized
securable · containable · controllable · trappable · catchable
detainable, detain, detains, detained, detaining, detainee, detainees, detainment, detention