unimpeachable

adjective un·im·peach·able \ ˌən-im-ˈpē-chə-bəl \

Updated on: 14 May 2018

Definition of unimpeachable

: not impeachable: such as

a : reliable beyond a doubt

unimpeachable evidence

an unimpeachable source

b : not liable to accusation : irreproachable

an unimpeachable reputation

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Examples of unimpeachable in a Sentence

a person of unimpeachable integrity
The information is from an unimpeachable source.

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The sun was shining on the royal wedding party — that is, a royal wedding party of corgis — on Tuesday in New York City, where Lifetime hosted a gathering of canines of unimpeachable pedigree.

— raisa bruner, Time, "Corgis Dressed Up As a Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for a Royal Wedding of Their Own," 8 May 2018
This is what Sidney Poitier, his friend and movie partner, was always up against: inhabiting the superhumanly unimpeachable.

— wesley morris, New York Times, "Cliff Huxtable Was Bill Cosby’s Sickest Joke," 26 Apr. 2018
Video games don't have to be morally unimpeachable, but the ideas that a game wants taken seriously should be taken seriously.

— joshua rivera, GQ, "Far Cry 5 Review: Finally, a Video Game for Cowards," 2 Apr. 2018
The UMass doctorate was occasionally on display in the credits just as Cosby played Dr. Cliff Huxtable onscreen, loving husband, cranky dad, and unimpeachable moral guide.

— ty burr, BostonGlobe.com, "There’s no separating Cosby’s legacy as a symbol of unity and the face of evil," 27 Apr. 2018
Staunchly fetishizing certain books as unimpeachable, as above critique or conversation, is contrary to the purpose of art in the first place.

— dana schwartz, EW.com, "GQ suggests people not read Catch-22, Catcher in the Rye, more — and it's totally fine," 20 Apr. 2018
Biyombo’s Magic tenure has been a disappointment on both ends of the floor since the team signed him to a four-year, $68 million deal in 2016, but his durability has been unimpeachable.

— josh robbins, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Magic’s Bismack Biyombo closes in on playing all 82 games," 10 Apr. 2018
Two journalists, on a conference call Wednesday with Zuckerberg to discuss the Cambridge Analytica scandal, asked about his role as Facebook’s supreme leader — both chairman and CEO, as well as unimpeachable founder.

— owen thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, "Why Mark Zuckerberg should step down as Facebook CEO," 8 Apr. 2018
Yeah, describing her as award-winning and so unimpeachable when really this is not a character, which by her own behavior, not just recently but historically, might not be so great.

— Fox News, "Press pounds pardon story; 'Roseanne' reboot strikes chord," 1 Apr. 2018

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