unassailableadj.
/ˌʌnəˈseɪləbl/, U.S. /ˌənəˈseɪləb(ə)l/ 1. Not assailable; not open to assault or attack. Also figurative.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > not effectively assailable
inexpugnablea1535
unassaultable1571
Achillean1579
impregnable1582
unassailable1596
invulnerable1663
inattackable1832
unpuncturable1891
storm-proof1911
society > armed hostility > attack > [adjective] > capable of being attacked > not
unassaultable1571
unassailable1596
unattemptable1656
unattackable1805
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ix. sig. T5 Thereto both his owne wylie wit, (she sayd) And eke the fastnesse of his dwelling place, Both vnassaylable, gaue him great ayde. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 69 I do know but One That vnassayleable holds on his Ranke, Vnshak'd of Motion. View more context for this quotation
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 121 He was always the same,..alike unassailable—inscrutable.
1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. v. iii. 543 The chief had occupied an unassailable position, but was drawn out by a pretended flight.
1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xii. 167 They have a..heritage of tribulation: but their spiritual safety is unassailable.
2. Not open to adverse criticism.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adjective]
sickera1400
undoubtingc1400
undoubtablec1425
doubtlessc1440
unsoilablec1449
unwithsayablec1450
undoubtedc1460
indoubted?1467
indubitate1480
undubitate1482
unrepugnablea1500
infallible1526
questionless1532
insoluble1533
irrefragable1533
undoubtful1533
inexpugnablea1535
uncontrolleda1535
undeniable1541
indisputable1551
indoubtable1557
unsoluble1559
uncontrollable1577
infringible1581
irreprovable1581
ungainsaid1587
unquestionable1587
unquarrelled1588
peremptory1589
irrefragatea1592
unrefellable1593
unrefutable1594
controversiless1604
unquestioned1604
undisputable1605
impleadable1606
contradictless1607
unargued1609
unchallengeable1611
uncontroversable1617
ungainsayable1618
irrefutable1620
indeniable1621
undenied1621
incontradictable1624
indenied1624
indubious1625
indubitable1625
undisputeda1627
uncontroversed1634
unchallengeda1639
God-given1642
indisputed1643
unconfutable1643
undubitable1643
incontrollable1646
incontrovertible1646
unquarrellable1646
watertight1647
unquaerable1657
uncontrovertible1664
incontestable1673
inconfutable1679
uncontestable1681
uncontested1683
uncontradictory1698
uncontradictable1707
incontested1712
irrevinciblea1746
contestlessa1750
innegable1772
irrecusable1776
unrebuttable1804
unassailable1830
unimpugnable1832
irrebuttablea1834
unquibbled1860
inarguablea1875
automatic1877
inoppugnable1885
indiscussible1893
indiscutable1933
1830 J. Mackintosh Diss. Progress Ethical Philos. 82 In both cases he occupies the unassailable ground of an appeal to consciousness.
1884 Manch. Examiner 17 Sept. 4/6 The President's address..does not actually lead us to any unassailable conclusions.
Derivatives
unaˈssailableness n.
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society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > immunity from attack
unassailableness1854
the world > action or operation > safety > [noun] > safety or invulnerability > unassailability
impregnableness1610
inexpugnableness1727
impregnability1847
unassailableness1854
inexpugnability1864
unassailability1921
1854 M. Evans tr. L. Feuerbach Essence Christianity xiv. 136 The truth and unassailableness of their subjective feelings.
1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Oct. 3 America possesses over us the advantages of distance and unassailableness.
unassailably adv.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adverb] > invulnerably
impregnably1602
inexpugnably1653
impassibly1677
invulnerably1847
unassailably1874
charmedly1876
untouchably1909
society > armed hostility > attack > [adverb] > not liable to attack
unattackably1865
unassailably1874
1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. viii. 193 The two oceans, between which the republic has unassailably intrenched itself.
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