unsinkable
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈsɪŋkəbl/
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insumergible
- In her day, she was the largest ship ever built and was believed to be "unsinkable."
- unsinkable ship
- unsinkable aircraft carrier
- unsinkable boat
So is this thing actually unsinkable?
- So is this thing actually unsinkable?
- In fact I don't think they call ships unsinkable anymore because the the PR would be real bad if it sank and ships sink often.
- So one person who thought that they were unsinkable, unbeatable or whatever.
- So he's told to build this unsinkable, incredible craft because he has to survive an event that is in like incredible, right?
Examples
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This ship is unsinkable.
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And the ship was designed to be as unsinkable as they could.
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Waste of deck space as it is on an unsinkable ship.
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But it was meant to be unsinkable.
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So this is the ship they say is unsinkable.
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There were those who had claimed the ship was unsinkable.
Academic text (2012) -
With all of this combination of safety factors, she was considered virtually unsinkable.
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Everyone still believes the Titanic is unsinkable.
Blog text (1) -
And as the deck continued to tilt beneath their feet, he knew that the unsinkable ship was sinking fast.
Fiction book (1991) -
The engineers claimed that the new cruise liner was unsinkable due to its advanced design.
Synonyms
Cannot sink in water
Cannot be put under water
Antonyms
Compounds
How Sinkable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unsinkable comes from three parts: un- meaning 'not', sink meaning 'to go down', and -able meaning 'can be'. So something unsinkable is 'not able to go down' under water, which is why it means impossible to sink.