unassailable
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˌʌnəˈseɪləbl̩/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English assailable English unassailable From un- + assailable.
- Secure against attack; impregnable.
“Yet in the number, I do know but One That vnaſſayleable holds on his Ranke, Vnfhak’d of Motion : and that I am he, Let me a little ſhew it, euen in this : That I was conſtant Cymber ſhould be baniſh’d, And conſtant do remaine to keepe him ſo.”
“His recourse to written documents to make his discourse unassailable has created a virtually unalterable situation even as he is on the verge of being forced to “see through” Tartuffe.”
- Undeniable, incontestable or incontrovertible.
“She won the debate with her unassailable logic.”
“So the French National Railways have secured a record which is likely, one imagines, to remain unassailable for a long time to come.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English assailable English unassailable From un- + assailable.
- Something, such as a belief, that cannot be assailed.