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undownable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ʌnˈdaʊn.ə.bəl/ (UK, US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From un- + downable.

Meanings

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

Translations (21)

ru неуязвимый (invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome) · es inflexible (invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome) · es resiliente (invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome) · fi vastustamaton (undeniably important; which cannot be played down or ignored) · es importantísimo (undeniably important; which cannot be played down or ignored) · es primordial (undeniably important; which cannot be played down or ignored) · es inamovible (invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome) · fi voittamaton (invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome) · fi vastaansanomaton (undeniably important; which cannot be played down or ignored) · fr incontournable (undeniably important; which cannot be played down or ignored) · fi kiistaton (undeniably important; which cannot be played down or ignored) · fi kumoamaton (invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome) · fi pitävä (undeniably important; which cannot be played down or ignored) · fr irrépressible (invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome) · fr résilient (invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome) · fr inamovible (invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome) · es irreprimible (invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome) · fi vastustamaton (invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome) · es adamantino (invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome) · fr inflexible (invincible; which cannot be brought down or overcome) · fr primordial (undeniably important; which cannot be played down or ignored)