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unhittable

unhittable

1 7.2
Very hard or impossible for a player to make contact with the ball in sports like baseball
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈhɪtəbl/
translation icon : inbatible
  • He's unhittable this year.
  • almost unhittable
  • unhittable curveball
  • virtually unhittable

Examples

  • He's unhittable.

    The Benchwarmers (2006)

  • During the championship game, the opposing team's pitcher was truly unhittable, striking out eleven hitters.

  • When he first came up, unhittable.

    For Love of the Game (1999)

  • Griffin has been as unhittable as Anderson.

    Blog text (7)

  • Fortunately, I could throw an unhittable knuckleball, so I got to go to Baylor University.

    Blog text (28)

  • The normally reliable and unhittable Jonny Venters became very hittable.

    Blog text (17)

  • Craig Kimbrel is unhittable.

    Blog text (23)

  • In his prime, he was considered unhittable due to his incredible pitching skills and accuracy.

  • The star player delivered an unhittable fastball that left the batters in awe and frustration.

Synonyms

unplayable
vsunhittable
3 6.1

Not able to be used properly, including for games, sports and music, because it is too hard or damaged

is about being impossible or extremely difficult to hit in sports like baseball
untouchable
vsunhittable
3 7.7

Too difficult for people to reach or get

is about being impossible or extremely difficult to hit in sports like baseball

Antonyms

hittable
1 3.7

Easy to hit with a bat or racket

How Hittable

hittable
1 3.7
vulnerable
581 4.0
elusive
43 7.0
unhittable
1 7.2

Surface Forms

unhittable positive

Morphology

unhittable = hittable (transparent) = un + hit + able

The meaning is clearly derived from 'hittable' with the addition of the prefix 'un-' to indicate negation.

Etymology

The word unhittable is made of un- 'not', hit 'to hit', and -able 'able to be', so it literally means 'not able to be hit'. In sports this gives a clear image: a pitch or serve you simply cannot hit, which is why players call it 'unhittable'.