inexpugnable

English

Etymology

in- + expugn + -able.

Adjective

inexpugnable (comparative more inexpugnable, superlative most inexpugnable)

1. Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
   • 1840, Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship^[1]:

     My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering.

   • 1911, H. G. Wells, The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories^[2]:

     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...

   • 1915, Joseph Conrad, Victory^[3]:

     This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other."

Derived terms

• inexpugnability
• inexpugnably

Translations

impregnable, unconquerable

• Arabic: منيع (ar) (mania)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不能攻占的 (cmn) (bùnéng gōngzhàn de)}}, 堅不可摧 (cmn) (jiānbùkěcuī)

• Dutch: oninneembaar (nl), onneembaar (nl), ongenaakbaar (nl)
• Estonian: vallutamatu (et)
• French: inexpugnable (fr)
• Galician: inexpugnábel (gl)
• German: unbezwinglich (de), uneinnehmbar (de)

• Greek: απόρθητος (el) (apórthētos)
• Italian: inespugnabile (it)
• Latin: inexpugnabilis (la)
• Russian: неприступный (ru) (nepristupnyy)
• Serbo-Croatian: неосвојив (sh) (neosvojiv), несавладив (sh) (nesavladiv)
• Spanish: inexpugnable (es)
• Swedish: ointaglig (sv)