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unˈstoppable, a.
(un-1 7 b.)
1836T. Hook G. Gurney v, ‘And,’ said I, ‘you carried home your spoils’. ‘Not I,’ exclaimed my unstoppable companion. 1895W. Platt Women 15 A cattle-train—a blind, rolling, unstoppable force.
Hence ˌunstoppaˈbility; unˈstoppably adv.
1961Webster, Unstoppably. 1966D. F. Jones Colossus i. 13 There is no way of walking back. The whole point is the Project's unstoppability. 1975K. P. Barr in Barr & Line Ess. Information & Libraries iii. 40 He had..the entire programme in his head from the start and moved firmly and unstoppably towards its completion. 1980R. Adams Girl in Swing xii. 125 He was generous to the point of embarrassment, having..a kind of baffling unstoppability when it came to paying restaurant bills. 1984Times 11 Aug. 19/8 An audience of adults and children chattered unstoppably. |