ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Uncastable

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Uncastable is an adjective meaning That cannot be cast (filled with, or allocated, a theatrical role).

Meaning

That cannot be cast (filled with, or allocated, a theatrical role).

More Meanings

  1. (computing, programming) That cannot be cast (converted to other data types).
  2. (medicine) That cannot be set in a cast.
  3. That cannot be used for, or produced through, casting (manufacturing with a mould).

Example Sentences

They're strongly typed, uncastable pointers […]
...internal fixation in children with open, unstable, or otherwise uncastable forearm fractures […]
Colleen Dewhurst, though in many ways wrong for the virtually uncastable Josie, is as lucid and luminous […]
Casting must be done within a day or two of moulding or the moulds will begin to wind-dry and become uncastable […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include uncast, uncasted, uncastled, unstageable, unreservable, unboundable.

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