Meanings
comparative more inexpugnable · superlative most inexpugnable
- Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other."
1915, Joseph Conrad, Victory3 more examples
My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering.
1840, Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero WorshipIt crept into one's mind, a distress as vague and inexpugnable as a sea fog on a spring morning, and presently one shivered and wanted to go indoors...
1911, H. G. Wells, The Country of the Blind, And Other StoriesFor the sake of its own success it must possess a clearly defined doctrine or body of inexpugnable dogma, binding upon its members.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 465
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveincapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latininexpugnābilis
- Englishinexpugnable
Learned borrowing from Latin inexpugnābilis. Morphologically, from in- + expugn + -able.
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Arabic مَنِيع
- مَنِيع (manīʕ)impregnable, unconquerable
Bulgarian непревзимаем, непристъпен
- непревзимаем (neprevzimaem)impregnable, unconquerable
- непристъпен (nepristăpen)impregnable, unconquerable
Catalan inexpugnable
- inexpugnableimpregnable, unconquerable
Chinese Mandarin 不能攻占的, 堅不可摧 /坚不可摧
- 不能攻占的 (bùnéng gōngzhàn de)impregnable, unconquerable
- 堅不可摧 /坚不可摧 (jiānbùkěcuī)impregnable, unconquerable
Dutch oninneembaar, onneembaar
- oninneembaarimpregnable, unconquerable
- onneembaarimpregnable, unconquerable
- ongenaakbaarimpregnable, unconquerable
Estonian vallutamatu
- vallutamatuimpregnable, unconquerable
Finnish järkkymätön, horjumaton
- järkkymätönimpregnable, unconquerable
- horjumatonimpregnable, unconquerable
- valloittamatonimpregnable, unconquerable
French inexpugnable
- inexpugnableimpregnable, unconquerable
German unbezwinglich, uneinnehmbar
- unbezwinglichimpregnable, unconquerable
- uneinnehmbarimpregnable, unconquerable
Greek απόρθητος
- απόρθητος (apórthitos)impregnable, unconquerable
Italian inespugnabile
- inespugnabileimpregnable, unconquerable
Latin inexpugnabilis
- inexpugnabilisimpregnable, unconquerable
Polish niepokonany
- niepokonanyimpregnable, unconquerable
Portuguese inexpugnável
- inexpugnávelimpregnable, unconquerable
Russian неприступный
- неприступный (nepristupnyj)impregnable, unconquerable
Spanish inexpugnable
- inexpugnableimpregnable, unconquerable
Swedish ointaglig
- ointagligimpregnable, unconquerable
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inexpugnable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexpugnable
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