as in indomitable
incapable of being defeated, overcome, or subdued
an unconquerable spirit that got the family through some hard times
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Recent Examples of unconquerable
Even the most vulnerable patrons of an unforgiving desert can confront tribulation with the command of unconquerable spirits.
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Yahya Salem, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
After a lifetime with cystic fibrosis, and 13 years battling an unconquerable infection, Mallory’s body could take no more.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
But, hopefully, more often than not, the unconquerable bot promotes domestic tranquillity through its sheer predictability and unbotheredness.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2024
By contrast, the Tibetan language, which has nothing in common with Mandarin, remains doggedly unconquerable; unlike other aspects of Tibetan life, it has not been tamed, co-opted, or Sinicized.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
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Yahya Salem, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
After a lifetime with cystic fibrosis, and 13 years battling an unconquerable infection, Mallory’s body could take no more.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
But, hopefully, more often than not, the unconquerable bot promotes domestic tranquillity through its sheer predictability and unbotheredness.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2024
By contrast, the Tibetan language, which has nothing in common with Mandarin, remains doggedly unconquerable; unlike other aspects of Tibetan life, it has not been tamed, co-opted, or Sinicized.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unconquerable
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Though singer-songwriter and countercultural icon Marianne Faithfull died earlier this year, at the age of 78, this witty, provocative, and playfully post-modern docu-bio is sure to keep her indomitable spirit alive.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
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Roc is at his best skillfully weaving internal and external rhymes together, crafting scenes of his charmed life as an indomitable hustler who can’t be shown up, intimidated, or outrhymed.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Accomplished at riding these vehicles and feeling invincible, I was shocked as anyone at the extent of damage to my right elbow as a result of the fall.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Mayhem claims to want to be invincible.—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Yet, for a team whose defense hardly made any plays for months at a time last season and dug an insurmountable hole by never getting the lucky bounce or break in a zillion one-score losses, there were no apologies.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Big Thief has endured both, and for years, their very survival seemed to suggest that no rupture was insurmountable.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez are seemingly unstoppable, and their building has a seemingly infinite number of murders in this Hulu mystery comedy.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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How about unstoppable spending on the People’s Liberation Army?—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Luthor has always been an ingenious nemesis for the invulnerable Superman: a merely intelligent human, an evildoing Prometheus out to steal fire from our benevolent cape-wearing god.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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But second-strike capabilities are not invulnerable.—
SAM WINTER-LEVY,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Resilience is the key The word ‘resilient’ used to mean impregnable and capable of withstanding all challenges.—
David Parker,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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One of the grandest occasions in golf was in 1930, when the great Bobby Jones won the British Amateur at St. Andrews and then captured the claret jug at Royal Liverpool on his way to winning the Grand Slam of that era — the impregnable quadrilateral, as it was called.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Those fortunes were made and squandered rapidly—Iran went from bereft during the Iran-Iraq War, to unbeatable two decades later, to resoundingly beaten a little less than two decades after that.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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Quality, affordable clothing can be hard to come by, so consider this your reminder to take advantage of the unbeatable Labor Day sales happening right now.—
Isis Briones,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Raise the stakes, place insuperable obstacles before the protagonist, have the protagonist somehow surmount them while becoming braver and better.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Cohen overcomes the virtually insuperable challenge by asking the Hong Kong police to present him with any escapee from the PRC, even those found floating in the harbor.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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“Unconquerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unconquerable. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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