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unassailable
[uhn-uh-sey-luh-buhl]
adjective
not open to attack or assault, as by military force or argument.
unassailable fortifications; unassailable logic.
not subject to denial or dispute.
Shakespeare's genius gives his works an unassailable position in world literature.
unassailable
/ ˌʌəˈɪəə /
adjective
not able to be attacked
undeniable or irrefutable
Other Word Forms
- unassailability noun
- unassailableness noun
- unassailably adverb
- ˌܲԲˈԱ noun
- ˌܲԲˈ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of unassailable1
Example Sentences
At the Ivors, I accidentally misquote this back to him as "an unassailable guitar record".
After that bizarre election outcome last July, incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a bluff, lawyerly person with no evident ideological convictions, arrived at 10 Downing Street with an unassailable majority but essentially no popular mandate.
For a while, it looked like Yuval Raphael's lead might be unassailable - but Austria's tally of 178 was the last to be announced, leaving the singer empty-handed.
In 2018, he contributed as captain and batter to break an hitherto unassailable psychological barrier.
It was a bloody nose and a notable defeat for the previously unassailable Tony Blair.
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