vincible

[ vin-suh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being conquered or overcome:

   vincible fears.

vincible

/ ˈvɪnsɪbəl /

adjective

1. rare.
   capable of being defeated or overcome

Derived Forms

• ˌvinciˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• vinci·bili·ty vinci·ble·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of vincible¹

1540–50; < Latin vincibilis, equivalent to vinc ( ere ) to overcome + -ibilis -ible

Word History and Origins

Origin of vincible¹

C16: from Latin vincibilis, from vincere to conquer

Example Sentences

Then again, the club has a history of making apparently invincible sides look, well, “vincible” again.

From The Guardian

"What we actually have with the president is not so much a question of whether he's a racist or not... the issue is, is he focusing on the most vulnerable and the most vincible?"

From Fox News

She says the attitude tends to be "vincible ignorance" - what Aldous Huxley described as "not knowing because we don't want to".

From BBC

Big data and advanced analytics are a huge opportunity for retailers – and one which should never be shelved due to vincible adoption blockers.

From Forbes

“It’s important for me to show another side of the dancer, that as far as we can reach on stage, we are still human and vincible,” he said.

From New York Times