unlickable

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/ʌnˈlɪkəbl̩/

adjective

Incapable of, or unsuitable for, being licked.

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Meanings

adjectiveunlickable (comparative more unlickable, superlative most unlickable)

comparative more unlickable · superlative most unlickable

  1. Incapable of, or unsuitable for, being licked.
  2. colloquialThat cannot be defeated or overcome.

    We have tried to lick this problem although I think in a way it is unlickable through a variety of devices.

    1963, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, Nation's Manpower Revolution, volumes 7-9, page 2585

Origin

From un- + lickable. By surface analysis, un- + lick + -able.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unlickable

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Cite this entry
APA

unlickable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlickable

MLA

“unlickable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlickable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unlickable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlickable.

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