unstayableadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈstayable.

(un- prefix¹ 1b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action) > not able to be stopped

unstanchablec1374

stayless1578

stintless1587

unstayable1633

unstoppable1836

unarrestable1855

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 2) 428 There is..in these a desperate and unstayable precipitation.

1940 G. Greene Power & Glory ii. i. 113 It had been set up in a minute clearing by a small farmer the forest must have driven out,..an unstayable natural force which he couldn't defeat with his machete.

1980 D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin xviii. 177 He had risen on the unstayable tide of his master's success.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	unstayable
释义	unstayableadj. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈstayable. (un- prefix¹ 1b.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action) > not able to be stopped unstanchablec1374 stayless1578 stintless1587 unstayable1633 unstoppable1836 unarrestable1855 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 2) 428 There is..in these a desperate and unstayable precipitation. 1940 G. Greene Power & Glory ii. i. 113 It had been set up in a minute clearing by a small farmer the forest must have driven out,..an unstayable natural force which he couldn't defeat with his machete. 1980 D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin xviii. 177 He had risen on the unstayable tide of his master's success. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1633
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