unstoppableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈstɒpəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈstɑpəb(ə)l/ (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
1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. v. 216 ‘And,’ said I, ‘you carried home your spoils’. ‘Not I,’ exclaimed my unstoppable companion.
1895 W. Platt Women 15 A cattle-train—a blind, rolling, unstoppable force.
Derivatives
ˌunstoppaˈbility n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > [noun] > inability to be stopped
unstoppability1966
1966 D. F. Jones Colossus i. 13 There is no way of walking back. The whole point is the Project's unstoppability.
1980 R. 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.
unˈstoppably adv.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adverb] > in a continuous manner or without stopping > in a manner unable to be stopped
cancer-like1780
unarrestably1884
unstoppably1961
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Unstoppably.
1975 K. 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.
1984 Times 11 Aug. 19/8 An audience of adults and children chattered unstoppably.
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