Nonshippable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Indicating items or products that cannot be transported or delivered to customers due to various restrictions or regulations
2. Denoting goods that are barred from shipping due to safety, legal, or practical considerations
3. Referring to merchandise that is not eligible for transit, often due to packaging, weight, or destination limitations

Etymology: "Nonshippable" is a plain formation: the prefix "non-" ("not") attached to "shippable," which means "fit or allowed to be transported by ship or other carrier." The root "ship" is Old English "scip," meaning a vessel, and the "-able" suffix comes from Latin "-abilis" through Old French, where it attached to verbs to mean "capable of being done." Combining the two gives a word meaning "not able to be transported." The word is used mainly in commerce and logistics, where goods, hazardous materials or prohibited items may be declared unfit for shipment. Its meaning is literal and technical, so there is no shift from an earlier sense to trace.

Synonyms: non-deliverable, unsendable, unshippable

Antonyms: shippable, deliverable