Unstrippable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not able to be stripped away, removed, or taken off
2. Impossible to peel, remove, or detach from its place
3. Incapable of having a covering, layer, or component taken away

Etymology: Unstrippable is a plain formation: the prefix "un-" (meaning "not") attached to "strippable," which in turn is "strip" plus the suffix "-able" (capable of being done). Strip itself is an Old English word, "strippan," meaning to remove clothing or to take something off, and the sense of stripping away layers of something is the older core of the idea. Taken together, the word describes something that cannot be taken off or peeled away. Its history in English is recent and well documented in technical usage. The "-able" ending on "strip" is productive, and the combination with "un-" is the kind of coinage that appears whenever writers need a precise term for something that resists removal, particularly in software, manufacturing, and product design. Because it is built transparently from familiar parts, its meaning can be read directly from its form.

Synonyms: indestructible, inviolable, unremovable

Antonyms: strippable, removable, detachable