unassailable

[ uhn-uh-sey-luh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. not open to attack or assault, as by military force or argument: unassailable fortifications; unassailable logic.

  2. not subject to denial or dispute: Shakespeare's genius gives his works an unassailable position in world literature.

Origin of unassailable

1
1590–1600; un-1 + assailable

Other words from unassailable

  • un·as·sail·a·bil·i·ty, un·as·sail·a·ble·ness, noun
  • un·as·sail·a·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for unassailable

unassailable

/ (ˌʌnəˈseɪləbəl) /


adjective
  1. not able to be attacked

  2. undeniable or irrefutable

Derived forms of unassailable

  • unassailableness, noun
  • unassailably, adverb

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