unlickable

adj — 2 senses

unlickable

adj

/ʌnˈlɪkəbl̩/

Etymology From un- + lickable. By surface analysis, un- + lick + -able.

1

Incapable of, or unsuitable for, being licked.

2

Colloquial That cannot be defeated or overcome.

  • We have tried to lick this problem although I think in a way it is unlickable through a variety of devices.1963, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, Nation's Manpower Revolution, volumes 7-9, page 2585:

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