undauntable

[ uhn-dawn-tuh-buhl, -dahn- ]

adjective

1. unable to be daunted; dauntless.

Word History and Origins

Origin of undauntable¹

First recorded in 1580–1590; un- ¹( def ) + daunt ( def ) + -able ( def )

Example Sentences

But are you familiar with the undauntable exemplar of the species named February?

From New York Times

I could never tolerate the former group, for no one is perfect, and I was slowly drawing away from the undauntable latter group.

From Project Gutenberg

George Papashvily, about 80, undauntable Russian emigrant who turned his scuffling initiation to America into a humorous bestseller, Anything Can Happen; in Cambria, Calif. His father in Soviet Georgia taught him swordmaking, but Papashvily washed dishes and raised chickens after reaching Ellis Island in 1922.

From Time Magazine Archive

Virile in movement, a striking figure, there seemed all of command, something heroic even in the rugged strength, something absolutely undauntable about the man.

From Project Gutenberg

He waded the Ooze of Queen Better-Give-Up, Dim, dank, dark, dismal, and dreary, O, And, crunch! went a leg down a Cockadrill's throat, 'What's one?' said Dubbuldideery, O, Undauntable Dubbuldideery.

From Project Gutenberg

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