unfreeable
Cannot be released
Unable to be freed or released.
The term appears most often in computing, where unfreeable memory or resources cannot be deallocated or returned to the system: The process left unfreeable handles that persisted until reboot.
Outside technical contexts, it describes anything permanently bound or trapped: an unfreeable hostage, unfreeable capital tied up in litigation.
Impossible to remove
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- irrevocableCannot be undone
fixed · perpetual · lasting · enduring · constant · unalterable · set · final
Unable to move
- lodgedFixed firmly within
- fixedRestored or immovable
- anchoredFixed securely in position
- embeddedSet firmly within something
entrenched · fused · cemented · adhered · fastened · secured · clamped · bolted
Metal bonds for prisoners
- manacleWrist restraint, usually paired
- fetterAnkle chain for prisoners
- chainLinked segments forming length
- restraintControl over impulses
bondage · yoke · trammel · cuff · grip · hold · lashing · clasp
Unable to escape
- confinedKept within bounds
- ensnaredCaught by trickery
- deadlockedUnable to progress further
- gridlockedImmobilized by congestion
cornered · mired · imprisoned · stranded · caged · captive · straitjacketed · boxed-in
indelible
Impossible to remove
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
- immutableIncapable of being changed
irrevocable · fixed · perpetual · lasting · enduring · constant · unalterable · set · final · locked-in
stuck
Unable to move
embedded · entrenched · fused · cemented · adhered · fastened · secured · clamped · bolted · nailed
shackles
Metal bonds for prisoners
- manacleWrist restraint, usually paired
- fetterAnkle chain for prisoners
- chainLinked segments forming length
restraint · bondage · yoke · trammel · cuff · grip · hold · lashing · clasp · fastening
trapped
Unable to escape
- confinedKept within bounds
- ensnaredCaught by trickery
- deadlockedUnable to progress further
gridlocked · cornered · mired · imprisoned · stranded · caged · captive · straitjacketed · boxed-in · landlocked
unfreeablefreeable
Able to be liberated
releasable · redeemable · rescuable · extricable · dischargeable
free, freed, freeing, frees, freely, freedom, freedoms, freeman, freemen