inconvertible

/ˌɪnkənˈvɜrtəbəl/
adjective
  1. Not able to be changed or exchanged into something else, especially referring to currency that cannot be exchanged for another currency.
    • The country's currency remained inconvertible, making international trade difficult.
    • During the economic crisis, the government declared the old banknotes inconvertible.
    • Investors were frustrated by the inconvertible nature of the local money.
  2. Not able to be transformed or converted into a different form or state.
    • The scientist argued that certain materials are inconvertible without extreme heat.
    • Some types of energy are inconvertible under normal conditions.
    • In the old theory, matter was thought to be inconvertible into energy.
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