untransmittable
Impossible to convey
Untransmittable describes something that cannot be passed from one person or place to another.
The term appears most often in medical contexts, where it describes conditions or diseases that pose no risk of spreading: With proper treatment, HIV can become untransmittable.
It also applies to qualities or knowledge that resist transfer: Some skills are untransmittable—you have to learn them yourself.
Cannot spread between hosts
- noncommunicableCannot be transmitted
- noninfectiousCannot pass to others
- isolatedSeparated from others
- containedKept within limits
quarantined · asymptomatic · latent · dormant · localized · benign · nonviral · nonbacterial
Impossible to pass through
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
- shieldedProtected from harm
- insulatedShielded from heat loss
- hermeticImpenetrably closed off
containment · isolation · blockade · firewall · encrypted · protected · fortified · impervious
Beyond verbal expression
- inexpressibleCannot be put into words
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- incommunicableUnable to be shared
- unutterableImpossible to express verbally
indescribable · tacit · intuitive · experiential · subliminal · implicit · wordless · unshared
Passage prevented or impeded
- jammedUnable to move freely
- encryptedTransformed into cipher
- scrambledMixed into disorder
- garbledConfused and unintelligible
unbroadcastable · unreceivable · static · interference · disrupted · corrupted · degraded · attenuated
noncontagious
Cannot spread between hosts
- noncommunicableCannot be transmitted
- noninfectiousCannot pass to others
- isolatedSeparated from others
contained · quarantined · asymptomatic · latent · dormant · localized · benign · nonviral · nonbacterial · sterile
impenetrable
Impossible to pass through
hermetic · containment · isolation · blockade · firewall · encrypted · protected · fortified · impervious · buffered
ineffable
Beyond verbal expression
- inexpressibleCannot be put into words
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- incommunicableUnable to be shared
unutterable · indescribable · tacit · intuitive · experiential · subliminal · implicit · wordless · unshared
blocked
Passage prevented or impeded
garbled · unbroadcastable · unreceivable · static · interference · disrupted · corrupted · degraded · attenuated · unintelligible
untransmittabletransmittable
Able to be passed on
transmissible · contagious · communicable · infectious · highly contagious
transmit, transmits, transmitted, transmitting, transmitter, transmitters, transmittable, transmission, transmissions