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If English followed stricter rules "stainless" would mean "without stain", and to convey "unable to be stained" we would always use "unstainable" instead, a rea
by mattigames 4y ago
If English followed stricter rules "stainless" would mean "without stain", and to convey "unable to be stained" we would always use "unstainable" instead, a real but rarely used word.
- throwawaylinux 4y ago> If English followed stricter rules "stainless" would mean "without stain" It does mean that (and/or "unable to be stained").
- mattigames 4y agoSure but I meant without such ambiguity (unable to be stained VS not stained as of now)