adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ʌnˈstɔ.pə.bəl/
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rhymes with -ɔpəbəl
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Unable to be stopped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Their "greatly unstoppable fight" against the cause was a joke.
20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
not capable of being stopped
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
as unstoppable as the wind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: stoppable
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English stoppable English unstoppable From un- + stoppable.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
imparable
— unable to be stopped
Chinese Mandarin:
止不住
(zhǐbuzhù)
— unable to be stopped
Chinese Mandarin:
阻止不了
(zǔzhǐbuliǎo)
— unable to be stopped
Chinese Mandarin:
不可阻擋 /不可阻挡
(bùkězǔdǎng)
— unable to be stopped
Chinese Mandarin:
無法停止的 /无法停止的
(wúfǎ tíngzhǐ de)
— unable to be stopped
Chinese Mandarin:
無法阻礙的 /无法阻碍的
(wúfǎ zǔài de)
— unable to be stopped
Chinese Mandarin:
不可擋的 /不可挡的
— unable to be stopped
Chinese Mandarin:
不可挡的
(bùkě dǎng de)
— unable to be stopped
Czech:
nezastavitelný
— unable to be stopped
Danish:
ustoppelig
— unable to be stopped
Finnish:
pysäyttämätön
— unable to be stopped
French:
inarrêtable
— unable to be stopped
French:
incoercible
— unable to be stopped
French:
imparable
— unable to be stopped
German:
unaufhaltbar
— unable to be stopped
German:
unaufhaltsam
— unable to be stopped
Greek:
ασταμάτητος
(astamátitos)
— unable to be stopped
Greek:
ακατανίκητος
(akataníkitos)
— unable to be stopped
Greek:
αστήρικτος
(astíriktos)
— unable to be stopped
Greek:
αδυσώπητος
(adysópitos)
— unable to be stopped
Hungarian:
megállíthatatlan
— unable to be stopped
Indonesian:
tak terhentikan
— unable to be stopped
Italian:
inarrestabile
— unable to be stopped
Japanese:
止められない
(tomerarenai)
— unable to be stopped
Japanese:
止め処ない
(tomedonai)
— unable to be stopped
Polish:
niepowstrzymany
— unable to be stopped
Portuguese:
irrefreável
— unable to be stopped
Portuguese:
imparável
— unable to be stopped
Romanian:
de neoprit
— unable to be stopped
Romanian:
neopribil
— unable to be stopped
Romanian:
de nestopat
— unable to be stopped
Romanian:
nestopabil
— unable to be stopped
Russian:
неостановимый
(neostanovimyj)
— unable to be stopped
Serbo-Croatian:
незауста̀вљив
— unable to be stopped
Serbo-Croatian:
nezaustàvljiv
— unable to be stopped
