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UNASSAILABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unassailable mean?
• UNASSAILABLE (adjective)
The adjective UNASSAILABLE has 3 senses:
1. immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
2. impossible to assail
3. without flaws or loopholes
Familiarity information: UNASSAILABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
Synonyms:
impregnable; inviolable; secure; strong; unassailable; unattackable
Context example:
a secure telephone connection
Similar:
invulnerable (immune to attack; impregnable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Impossible to assail
Synonyms:
unassailable; untouchable
Similar:
inviolable (incapable of being transgressed or dishonored)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Without flaws or loopholes
Synonyms:
bulletproof; unassailable; unshakable; watertight
Context example:
a bulletproof argument
Similar:
incontestable; incontestible (incapable of being contested or disputed)
Context examples
I still think Spencer is unassailable, and next time I'm going to take a hand myself.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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