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"He attempts to structure the unstructurable."

Is that ok?

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Whether or not it's in any dictionaries, it follows the English rules of word formation well enough that I would have no objections to it. – Peter Shor Jul 6 '12 at 14:52
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Certainly doesn't look like a number, a punctuation mark, or a note to me. – RegDwighт♦ Jul 6 '12 at 15:19
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neither does "schniefdidummel" – thias Jul 6 '12 at 15:23
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It's a perfectly cromulent word, just like "embiggens". ;) – FrustratedWithFormsDesigner Jul 6 '12 at 17:25
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@Mitch: That itself is a subjective opinion. There are plenty of entries in OED that I personally wouldn't call "words", and plenty of things I do accept as words that aren't in OED. I will admit I'm prepared to call OED a "dictionary", but I'm sure there are many people who wouldn't accept UrbanDictionary as being one for the purposes of your comment. – FumbleFingers Jul 6 '12 at 18:37
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Unstructurable may or may not be in the dictionary (I haven't checked). In the context of your example, I think this usage is acceptable because the meaning seems very clear: unstructurable refers to something that cannot be structured.

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