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Not able to be parsed

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If something is not able to be parsed, would I be able to say that it is not parseable, parsable, parse-able, or are those all made-up words that just sound like they might be right? [ponder]

On dictionary.com, the phrase "does not parse easily" is used as an alternative...I just wondered if there was one word that would do the job.

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How about "imparsable"?


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Hi,
As in
"To dream the imparsible dream.."

If the dream's meaning is hard to figure out? [smile]

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Parsically challenged?

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unpatterned data?

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One word is tough! How about unparsable?

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CC said:
How about "imparsable"?
Click to expand...

Once again, CC proves: you can't make a silk parse out of a sow's ear!

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To get "serious" for a second, I'm not sure 'inseparable' is a good synonym for what Dan is describing. Something that is unable to be parsed (whatever name you give it) has the following characteristic: there is no logical method by which division into the shorter segments (originally concatenated to make up the longer string) may be achieved.

The shorter segments may be inseparable, but the string is "unparseable".

'making it up as I go along...

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patternless?

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'depends on the definition of "pattern," I guess.

123456*12*111111111111111111111*789

is parseable thanks to our friend, the asterisk.

Would you say that the string has a pattern?

One of my favorite expressions comes to mind. In this case, however, it should be switched around to "unable to see the trees for the forest".

Dave


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unregexable ??? I know, I know, pushing it ;-)

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Parsability != True

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It may help to parse the word "parse": If one has "parsed" something, are the individual resulting components parse-snips? (Ummm...yummy)

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unparsable would be the closest to a proper word if you follow the oft-ignored rules of the english language.

-Haben sie fosforos?
-No tiengo caballero, but I have un briquet.
 
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==> unparsable would be the closest to a proper word if you follow the oft-ignored rules of the english language.

I'm not so sure about that. When the negative prefix 'un-' is used with action verbs, more often than not, the meaning is one of action reversal, as in do and undo. In English, there really isn't a good negative prefix for action verbs that means 'action not possible'.

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I meant to add, that when the negative prefix 'un-' is used to mean not, it's usually applied to adjectives.

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It's imparseable!

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Couldn't be parsed" might get a smirk out of the intended audience, then again, it might not ;-)

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