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lostlogin on Aug 8, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: NASA says Boeing Starliner astronauts may fly home...

> the word is generally preferred to be avoided entirely nowadays in favor of either "flammable" (or "highly flammable"), or "nonflammable

Noninflammable for the maniacs.

rtkwe on Aug 8, 2024 | [–]

English Trying to make sense for one second challenge. Level: Impossible

It's always amusing all the gotchas that exist in English. I'm glad I grew up in it rather than trying to learn it as a second language.

PaulDavisThe1st on Aug 8, 2024 | [–]

Uninflammable, please.

speleding on Aug 8, 2024 | [–]

+1 By the way, Dutch has "onontvlambaar"

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