Inconvertible

This is the opposite of something that is convertible, and implies that it cannot be changed from one form to another with ease.

Consder for instance a currency that is not a major one like the dollar or pound or euro and therefore because it is obscure or rarely traded is very hard to change for one currency to another: such a thing would be called inconvertible.

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