unhittable
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7.3
- adjective
- /ʌnˈhɪtəbl/
:
inatacable
Examples
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The team's shutdown relief pitcher is a two-time Cy Young winner who was completely unhittable throughout the postseason.
Blog text (17) -
Back on the hill the next morning, the battle resumed—men in bandannas firing around corners at an enemy well hidden and unhittable; the return fire peppered the walls in front of us.
Blog text (9) -
He can get a little wild now and again, and he's not unhittable, but he's electric, and in a one-game elimination situation, I can't think of a better TV draw than Darvish.
Blog text (23) -
Free to fire his fastball with impunity without sweating the long haul of a 120-pitch start, Lincecum became unhittable during the postseason and was one of the biggest difference makers the Giants had en route to this improbable title run.
Blog text (17) -
During the championship game, their ace pitcher was completely unhittable, striking out every batter that faced him.
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Critics found her arguments to be unhittable, as she backed them up with solid evidence and logical reasoning.
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The athlete was so talented that he became known as unhittable in the league, leaving opponents frustrated and defeated.
Synonyms
92
6.5
Too strong to be defeated
30
3.4
Very hard to beat in a contest, like a team or player
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7.1
Too powerful for people to criticize or harm
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8.0
So strong that no one can attack, defeat, or prove it wrong
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7.9
Too strong and well protected for anyone to capture or defeat
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7.3
Too strong for anyone to defeat
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6.7
Impossible to deny or argue with
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4.9
Too strong for anyone to beat
1
5.9
Impossible to disagree with because the facts are clear
1
7.2
So certain that no one can doubt it
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6.1
So clear that no one can argue against it
Cannot be defeated
Not able to be defeated or controlled
No one can beat or prove it wrong
Others cannot attack or harm it
Impossible to resist or argue against
Impossible to argue against because the facts are clear
Impossible to prove wrong
Antonyms
How Vulnerable
Surface Forms
Morphology
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'. That idea is used more widely too: an argument, person, or system that cannot be defeated, attacked, or criticized is called 'unhittable'.