ungreppable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ greppable

Adjective

ungreppable (not comparable)

1. Not greppable.
   • 1993 August 21, Paul Eggert, “termios; VMIN overlaps VEOF?”, in comp.std.unix‎^[1] (Usenet):

     By insisting on publishing only in ungreppable formats with large publication delays, and by setting prices far above distribution costs, the IEEE and the ISO are shirking their responsibilities to the public.

   • 1996 January 2, Peter da Silva, “What Does it take to be an Admin.”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Then there's things like Bookreader and Answerbook and all the other useless ungreppable electronic documentation that everyone's coming out with now.

   • 1999 March 31, Dennis Ritchie, “64 bit advantage?”, in comp.std.c‎^[3] (Usenet):

     I didn't look too hard in the ungreppable current standard.