unbeatable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From un- + beat + -able. Beatable is a back-formation.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) That cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Deep-set and steady, with eyelashes that many a woman had envied, they showed the man for what he was—a sportsman and a gentleman. And the combination of the two is an unbeatable production.
1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:Lauren James was exceptional out wide, Millie Bright unbeatable in defence and Lucy Bronze tireless in dealing with Spain forward Salma Paralluelo.
2025 February 26, Emma Sanders, “'A proper English performance' against Spain”, in BBC Sport:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| un-beatable | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (24)
nb uslåelig (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · fi päihittämätön (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · es invencible (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · es imbatible (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · fi lyömätön (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · fr invincible (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · ru непобедимый (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · fi voittamaton (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · hu verhetetlen (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · uk неперемо́жний (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · sv oslagbar (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · bg непобедим (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · de unschlagbar (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · ga dochloíte (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · ga dosháraithe (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · nn uslåeleg (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · be непераможны (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · uk нездола́нний (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · ca imbatible (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · it imbattibile (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · pt imbatível (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · fr imbattable (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · ga dobhuailte (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) · pl bezkonkurencyjny (that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome)