invulnerable

adjective in·vul·ner·a·ble \ (ˌ)in-ˈvəl-n(ə-)rə-bəl , -nər-bəl \

|Updated on: 7 Aug 2018

Examples: invulnerable in a Sentence

Definition of invulnerable

1 : incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed

2 : immune to or proof against attack : impregnable

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invulnerability

play \(ˌ)in-ˌvəl-n(ə-)rə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

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invulnerableness

play \(ˌ)in-ˈvəl-n(ə-)rə-bəl-nəs, -nər-bəl-\ noun

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invulnerably

play \(ˌ)in-ˈvəl-n(ə-)rə-blē, -nər-blē\ adverb

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Examples of invulnerable in a Sentence

teenagers who think they are invulnerable
The candidate seems to be in an invulnerable position.
The team seems invulnerable this season.

Recent Examples of invulnerable from the Web

Supposedly invulnerable businesses are challenged by nimble upstarts with disruptive ideas.

— jeff jacoby, BostonGlobe.com, "Don’t break up Google — the market will sort everything out," 14 June 2018
But the essential location here is Wakanda, the fictional nation where T’Challa — our hero who dons the invulnerable suit that makes him the Black Panther — is king.

— ishaan tharoor, Washington Post, "Why Wakanda matters," 20 Feb. 2018
However, there are also innate characteristics that can make someone uniquely vulnerable or invulnerable; extreme family traits or circumstances that explain the deviance.

— chris cuomo, CNN, "Chris Cuomo: What I learned about evil from America's notorious criminals," 14 June 2018
His synthetic brain is not invulnerable to bullet holes.

— bill keveney, USA TODAY, "'Westworld' androids embrace their humanity, if not humans, amid Season 2 chaos," 19 Apr. 2018
And yes, Andrew Luck will be able to step up in the pocket, knowing there's a nigh-invulnerable force of nature protecting him.

— joseph spears, Indianapolis Star, "Nelson draft grades: Plenty of good but we know you'll want to see the D+," 27 Apr. 2018
But staying at Moda Center for the first two games of the series — as well as playing there in games five and seven, if necessary — doesn’t make the Trail Blazers invulnerable.

— andrew greif, OregonLive.com, "Trail Blazers playoffs notes: What concerns Portland's Terry Stotts most about New Orleans?," 13 Apr. 2018
Second, by mortgaging all of its real property holdings to a corporation in England, RIC may have made these assets invulnerable to court judgments against them in America.

— win mccormack, The New Republic, "Bhagwan’s Bottom Line I," 12 Apr. 2018
Putin says Russia has tested an array of new nuclear weapons invulnerable to enemy intercept.

— Fox News, "Significant moments in Putin's 18 years of power," 18 Mar. 2018

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