untransferable

Fixed to one

Untransferable describes something that cannot be moved or assigned from one person, place, or context to another.

Rights, tickets, or licenses may be untransferable by rule or law: The scholarship is untransferable to another student.

Skills or qualities can be untransferable when they don't apply outside their original context.

Nontransferable is more common in formal and legal usage.

legal

nonassignable

Cannot be transferred legally

irrevocable · vested · entailed · encumbered · restricted · binding · perpetual · inviolable · deed · title

ownership

property

Something owned or inherent

patrimony · heirloom · bequest · legacy · holdings · possession · birthright · endowment · stewardship · title

rights

inalienable

Incapable of being surrendered

entitlement · liberty · prerogative · citizenship · franchise · privacy · confidentiality · protection · exemption · personal

permanent

irrevocable

Cannot be undone

perpetual · enduring · immutable · unchangeable · fixed · lasting · binding · final · absolute · unalterable

exclusive

personal

Relating to one's self

custom · tailored · unique · limited · restricted · nonassignable · unsharable · confidential · proprietary · singular

Opposites
transferability

untransferabletransferable

Able to be passed along

transferrable · alienable · assignable · conveyable · negotiable

Family

transfer, transferred, transfers, transferring, transferable, transference, nontransferable, transferability, transferee

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G