unstoppable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ʌnˈstɔ.pə.bəl/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English stop Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English stoppable English unstoppable From un- + stoppable.
Meanings
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Unable to be stopped.
In these early days of silent pictures, the accent was chiefly on thrills and danger as provided by supposedly unstoppable locomotives with crooks or maniacs on the footplate.
1958 February 14, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:Their "greatly unstoppable fight" against the cause was a joke.
I'm so powerful / I don't need batteries to play / I'm so confident / Yeah, I'm unstoppable today
2016, Sia, Chris Braide, “Unstoppable”, in This Is Acting, performed by Sia:These trains were ordered years before the pandemic, commissioned to tackle a problem that has (for now) gone away. Passenger numbers are no longer increasing at an unstoppable rate, driven by rising central London employment. The extra capacity is not currently needed.
2020 September 9, Paul Clifton, “SWR unveils £1bn 'Arterios' for the "heart of our network"”, in Rail, pages 26–27:However Russian Pavlyuchenko stunned his compatriots with an unstoppable 25-yard drive into the top corner.
2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2025:20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unstoppable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unstoppable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
unstoppability · unstoppableness · unstoppably
Translations (40)
cmn 無法阻礙的 /无法阻碍的 (unable to be stopped) · cmn 不可挡的 (unable to be stopped) · el ασταμάτητος (unable to be stopped) · pt irrefreável (unable to be stopped) · sh незауста̀вљив (unable to be stopped) · id tak terhentikan (unable to be stopped) · el αστήρικτος (unable to be stopped) · cmn 不可阻擋 /不可阻挡 (unable to be stopped) · ro nestopabil (unable to be stopped) · pl niepowstrzymany (unable to be stopped) · it inarrestabile (unable to be stopped) · hu megállíthatatlan (unable to be stopped) · es irrefrenable (unable to be stopped) · el ακατανίκητος (unable to be stopped) · ca imparable (unable to be stopped) · ro neopribil (unable to be stopped) · cmn 不可擋的 /不可挡的 (unable to be stopped) · sh nezaustàvljiv (unable to be stopped) · sv ostoppbar (unable to be stopped) · el αδυσώπητος (unable to be stopped) · cs nezastavitelný (unable to be stopped) · da ustoppelig (unable to be stopped) · fr inarrêtable (unable to be stopped) · tr durdurulamaz (unable to be stopped) · pt imparável (unable to be stopped) · fi pysäyttämätön (unable to be stopped) · cmn 阻止不了 (unable to be stopped) · cmn 無法停止的 /无法停止的 (unable to be stopped) · de unaufhaltsam (unable to be stopped) · ro de neoprit (unable to be stopped) · fr imparable (unable to be stopped) · ja 止め処ない (unable to be stopped) · cmn 止不住 (unable to be stopped) · de unaufhaltbar (unable to be stopped) · fr incoercible (unable to be stopped) · es imparable (unable to be stopped) · ru неостановимый (unable to be stopped) · ja 止められない (unable to be stopped) · ro de nestopat (unable to be stopped) · te ఆపలేని (unable to be stopped)