unbeatable
nounEtymology From un- + beat + -able. Beatable is a back-formation.
1
Someone or something that cannot be beaten.
unbeatable
adjEtymology From un- + beat + -able. Beatable is a back-formation.
1
That cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
- Deep-set and steady, with eyelashes that many a woman had envied, they showed the man for what he was—a sportsman and a gentleman. And the combination of the two is an unbeatable production.1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
- Lauren James was exceptional out wide, Millie Bright unbeatable in defence and Lucy Bronze tireless in dealing with Spain forward Salma Paralluelo.2025 February 26, Emma Sanders, “'A proper English performance' against Spain”, in BBC Sport:
- Antonyms
- beatable
- Derived terms
- unbeatableness, unbeatably