unconquerable

[ uhn-kong-ker-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. impossible to take or subdue by military force:

   Within days, Caesar had taken the hitherto unconquerable England.

2. impossible to overcome or defeat:

   His childhood was marked by unconquerable shyness.

3. impossible to gain or win by effort, personal appeal, etc.:

   For her, I would once again play the hero and prove myself worthy of her unconquerable heart.

Other Words From

• un·con·quer·a·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unconquerable¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ¹( def ) + conquer ( def ) + -able ( def )

Example Sentences

After a lifetime with cystic fibrosis, and 13 years battling an unconquerable infection, Mallory’s body could take no more.

From Los Angeles Times

She described Herz as “a warm, loving, truly gentle person, with an unconquerable spirit and a rare combination of moral and physical courage.”

From Salon

No country on earth can show you quite so vividly the imponderable depth of human history, or the biggest single thing that connects our species, across all the centuries and all the continents: the unconquerable urge to reach for what lies just beyond our grasp.

From Salon

And despite darkness around the world, there is "unconquerable hope" in the birth of Jesus Christ, he will say.

From BBC

And like divers plunging into a pool, members of an unconquerable Braves defense leapt almost comically one by one into the pile, burying Latu.

From Los Angeles Times