undownable

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English

WOTD – 11 December 2009

Etymology

From un- +‎ downable.

Pronunciation

Adjective

undownable (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Undeniably important; which cannot be played down or ignored.
    • 1923, Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' Association, Official Monthly Bulletin:
      If ever there was an example of sheer pluck and undownable determination it is right here […]
    • 1930, Charles J. V. Murphy, Parachute:
      There is the undownable legend that […]
    • 1998, Frank N. Riale, Sinless, Sickless, Deathless Life:
      […] the truth which came home with such undownable conviction […]
  2. (rare) Invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome.
    • 1998, Andrew Pavacic, “Why are our ASMs smaller than theirs?”, in sci.military.naval‎ (Usenet):
      The SR-71 is claimed to be undownable by virtue of its altitude and speed.
    • 1998, Edmond Wollmann, “A Challenge to Lazzwaldo AKA anonym or whatever it is”, in sci.skeptic‎ (Usenet):
      […] this paranoic attempt to discredit the credible, and down the undownable.
    • 1999, kinara, “Taiwan is NOT able to defeat any invasion”, in soc.culture.china‎ (Usenet):
      I did not go as far as that either. I only went as far as stating that an American warplane is almost undownable and an American warship is unsinkable.

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