unconquerable

adjective un·con·quer·able \ ˌən-ˈkäŋ-k(ə-)rə-bəl \

Updated on: 24 Mar 2018

Definition of unconquerable

1 : incapable of being conquered : indomitable

an unconquerable will

2 : incapable of being surmounted

unconquerable difficulties

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unconquerably

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Examples of unconquerable in a Sentence

an unconquerable spirit that got the family through some hard times

Recent Examples of unconquerable from the Web

The water roiled, the texture of mashed potatoes, hostile, unconquerable, bucking my seventeen-foot canoe and shooting up frequent, unpredictable spires of water where crisscrossing waves converged.

— james lynch, Popular Mechanics, "My 450-Mile Canoe Trip," 16 Mar. 2018
The tone for proceedings was set early on, with the visitors displaying their strength and their unconquerable passing game on display from the whistle.

— SI.com, "Malaga 0-2 Barcelona: Catalans Extend Unbeaten Run With Easy Win Against 10-Man Hosts," 10 Mar. 2018
The Budweiser Clydesdales were first introduced in 1933, after the repeal of Prohibition, and have since served as living symbols not just of Budweiser, but of the unconquerable American spirit.

— AL.com, "Things to do in Mobile, Feb. 4-10," 4 Feb. 2018
Or the unconquerable African king known as Black Panther.

— clarkisha kent, The Root, "On Black Panther, Black Leopard and the Politics of Being a Black Superhero," 30 Jan. 2018
The grasshopper sparrow, a tiny Florida prairie bird perched on the verge of extinction for the last decade, may have encountered a final, unconquerable foe: an invasive new disease quickly killing off its young.

— jenny staletovich, miamiherald, "Rare Florida sparrow could vanish this year and more birds could be at risk," 17 Jan. 2018
Invincibles no more 155 days later, the unconquerable empire has fallen.

— juan pimiento, chicagotribune.com, "Man City suffer first loss, Real Madrid upset again and the best of the soccer weekend," 14 Jan. 2018
For all that machines can accomplish, creativity has often been held out as the unconquerable boundary of the human-machine divide.

— dan rockmore, Slate Magazine, "Humans and Machines Making Beautiful Music Together," 11 July 2017
But the unconquerable desire on the part of the elite political media to put her name next to anything that appears remotely scandalous is not going to fare well when the history of this time is written.

— charles p. pierce, Esquire, "The Media Is Dying of Thirst for a New Hillary Clinton Story," 15 Aug. 2017

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