inexpugnable
adj/ˌɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəbəl/ · /ˌɪnɪkˈspʌɡnəbəl/
Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin inexpugnābilis. Morphologically, from in- + expugn + -able.
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Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
- My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering.1840, Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship:
- It crept into one's mind, a distress as vague and inexpugnable as a sea fog on a spring morning, and presently one shivered and wanted to go indoors...1911, H. G. Wells, The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories:
1 more example
- This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other."1915, Joseph Conrad, Victory:
- Derived terms
- inexpugnability, inexpugnableness, inexpugnably