uncollapsible

English

Etymology

un- +‎ collapsible

Adjective

uncollapsible (not comparable)

  1. Not collapsible.
    • 1897, Guy Boothby, The Beautiful White Devil, Chapter 3,
      She carried six boats, an unusually large number for a craft of her size; two were surf-boats, I found on inspection; two were uncollapsible lifeboats; one was an ordinary ship's gig, while the other was a small steam launch of excellent build and workmanship.
    • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Furniture,”
      The dining-table, uncollapsible and highly varnished, the piano, the chesterfield, stuffed chairs and a few sofas made a foundation on which to heap lesser articles.
    • 2004, Philip Roth, The Plot Against America, Houghton Mifflin, Chapter 4, p. 130,
      Alvin’s wheelchair went into the trunk, though as it was the old unwieldy uncollapsible type, the lid of the trunk had to be tied shut with heavy twine to accommodate it.
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