undeterrable

Examples

• All

• The undeterrable spirit of the protesters inspired others to join their cause.

• You are undeterrable.

  Careful What You Wish For (2015)

• That picture suggests that Iran's policy consists of a series of random hit-and-run assaults on U.S. interests and that its leaders, being irrational and undeterrable, must be eliminated by force.

  Academic text (2009)

• Even after facing setbacks, his undeterrable drive to succeed kept him pushing forward.

Synonyms

U

unstoppable

vsundeterrable

79 4.0

Impossible to prevent from continuing or reaching its goal

focuses on impossibility of being discouraged rather than only persistent motion

U

unavoidable

vsundeterrable

45 3.8

You cannot stop or prevent it

concerns active refusal to be discouraged rather than passive inevitability

U

unrelenting

vsundeterrable

28 7.0

Not stopping and not getting less strong

stresses resisting discouragement to continue rather than intensity alone

I

inexorable

vsundeterrable

• Formal

11 8.6

Impossible to stop or change

is about being impossible to discourage from continuing an action

U

undeterred

vsundeterrable

3 6.3

Not stopping because of problems or failures

describes an impossible-to-discourage quality rather than a present state

U

uncontainable

vsundeterrable

2 6.5

Too strong to control, it often makes people laugh loudly or feel great joy

is about resisting discouragement to persist, not escaping physical limits

I

ineluctable

vsundeterrable

• Formal

2 9.9

Impossible to avoid or escape

relates to deliberate persistence despite discouragement, not mere inescapability

U

unbendable

vsundeterrable

1 7.0

Not willing to change your mind even under pressure

applies to unstoppable persistence rather than mere stubbornness

U

unpreventable

vsundeterrable

1 6.3

Impossible to stop from happening

emphasizes refusal to be discouraged rather than simple inevitability

U

unceasing

vsundeterrable

1 6.0

Continuing without stopping

is about refusing discouragement to carry on, not mere nonstop duration

U

unsubduable

vsundeterrable

9.9

Not able to be defeated or controlled

relates to persisting despite discouragement rather than surviving defeat

U

unswayable

vsundeterrable

8.7

A person who does not change their opinion when others try to persuade them

focuses on continuing action despite discouragement, not just fixed opinion

How Persistent

undeterrable

9.0

persistent

43 4.4

determined

399 2.5

discouraged

7 3.4

hesitant

73 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology