unassailable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unassailable in British English:
UK [ˌʌnəˈseɪləbl]
How to pronounce unassailable in American English:
US [ˌʌnəˈseləbəl]
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- Adjective:
- able to withstand attack
- impossible to assail
- without flaws or loopholes
Word Origin
- unassailable (adj.)
- 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + assailable (see assail (v.)). Related: Unassailably.
Example
- 1. So long as he stayed there his position was unassailable .
- 2. On first glance , the logic of direct negotiations is powerful , if not unassailable .
- 3. Before 1956 , israel had been militarily vulnerable , but , beyond the arab world , morally and politically unassailable .
- 4. Its concepts are woolly and untestable yet are regarded as unassailable axioms .
- 5. The proposition is simple and straightforward , and its equities unassailable .