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unstoppable

adj
/ʌnˈstɔ.pə.bəl/

Etymology

From un- + stoppable.

  1. derived from *(s)tewp-✻
  2. inherited from *stuppōną✻ — “to stop, close”
  3. inherited from *stoppōn✻
  4. inherited from stoppian — “to stop, close”
  5. inherited from stoppen
  6. suffixed as stoppable — “stop + able”
  7. formed as unstoppable — “un- + stoppable”

Definitions

  1. Unable to be stopped.

    • Their "greatly unstoppable fight" against the cause was a joke.
    • 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.
    • However Russian Pavlyuchenko stunned his compatriots with an unstoppable 25-yard drive into the top corner.

The neighborhood

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