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Are we just making up language rules as we go?
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You are able to undo the locking. It's almost like reading comprehension is shit nowadays.
un-lockable implies it is unable to be locked.
unlock-able implies that it is able to be unlocked.
It's a homonym.
Why can it not mean unable to be locked?
Because people don't generally use it that way and language changes and evolves based largely on how it is used.