unassailable
adjective
un·as·sail·able
ˌən-ə-ˈsā-lə-bəl 
: not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question
an unassailable argument
an unassailable alibi
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Examples of unassailable in a Sentence
one of the unassailable beliefs of that political party
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They are based on the unassailable fact that the S&P 500 has risen more than 20 percent from its last bottom, which occurred on Oct. 12.
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Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 16 June 2023
Now, the commission’s work isn’t unassailable, and our own Andy McCarthy has long written about how the government has shamelessly hidden the ball on the level of Saudi involvement in the attack.
—The Editors, National Review, 23 Aug. 2023
By then, Hoover was the most unassailable figure in American public life, a true untouchable, beyond criticism, genuflected to by Republican and Democratic politicians alike.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
Related The highest-selling PC game ever at the time, Diablo II would help cement the legacy of the series as both highly influential and unassailable — at least, for those first two games.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2023
Hygiene habits are embedded very early on in life, and changing those habits – especially in a way that is rational, evidence-based, unassailable, scalable and apolitical – is complex.
—David Hessekiel, Forbes, 4 May 2023
Taylor Fritz gave the U.S. an unassailable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five matchup when edging former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7).
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
Failing to fight for an unassailable future constitutes damage of our own making.
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
The case had been viewed as a test of the FTC’s future-rivals theory, in which the agency accused Meta of trying to establish an unassailable empire in the still-nascent VR industry.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 19 July 2023
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Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 16 June 2023
Now, the commission’s work isn’t unassailable, and our own Andy McCarthy has long written about how the government has shamelessly hidden the ball on the level of Saudi involvement in the attack.
—The Editors, National Review, 23 Aug. 2023
By then, Hoover was the most unassailable figure in American public life, a true untouchable, beyond criticism, genuflected to by Republican and Democratic politicians alike.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
Related The highest-selling PC game ever at the time, Diablo II would help cement the legacy of the series as both highly influential and unassailable — at least, for those first two games.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2023
Hygiene habits are embedded very early on in life, and changing those habits – especially in a way that is rational, evidence-based, unassailable, scalable and apolitical – is complex.
—David Hessekiel, Forbes, 4 May 2023
Taylor Fritz gave the U.S. an unassailable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five matchup when edging former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7).
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
Failing to fight for an unassailable future constitutes damage of our own making.
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
The case had been viewed as a test of the FTC’s future-rivals theory, in which the agency accused Meta of trying to establish an unassailable empire in the still-nascent VR industry.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 19 July 2023
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First Known Use
1596, in the meaning defined above
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un·as·sail·able
ˌən-ə-ˈsā-lə-bəl
: not assailable : not open to doubt, attack, or question
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