Unsubmissible

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not able to be presented to someone in authority or a review process for consideration or approval
2. Describing something that cannot be handed over or put forward for judgment by others
3. Impossible to offer up for evaluation, acceptance, or formal review by a higher body

Etymology: "Unsubmissible" is a straightforward formation: the English adjective "submissible," meaning able to be submitted, with the negative prefix "un-" attached. "Submissible" in turn comes from "submit" plus the suffix "-ible," which means capable of being. "Submit" traces back through Old French "submettre" to Latin "submittere," meaning to put or lower under, from "sub" (under) and "mittere" (to send or put). The word is a modern coinage built on an existing English pattern, so there is no older sense to recover. Its use is largely confined to formal and technical settings, such as journals, competitions, and publishing, where a piece of work is judged unfit to be put forward for review at all. Because the stem is so transparent, a reader can usually work out its meaning from the parts alone.