Meanings
comparative more unmissable · superlative most unmissable
- Not to be missed; thoroughly worth seeing or experiencing.
- Impossible to miss.
In Kenwyne Jones and John Carew, the big Norway international on loan from Aston Villa, Pennant enjoyed the benefit of a pair of almost unmissable targets, and the former Liverpool man's cultured delivery from the right flank frequently made life uncomfortable for Ben Foster in the Birmingham goal.
2011 February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, in BBC
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishmiss
- Englishmissable
- Englishunmissable
Translations
Catalan imperdible
- imperdiblethat cannot be missed
French imperdable, incontournable
- imperdablethat cannot be missed
- incontournablethat cannot be missed
German unverpassbar, unverlierbar
- unverpassbarthat cannot be missed
- unverlierbarthat cannot be missed
Portuguese imperdível
- imperdívelthat cannot be missed
Russian беспроигрышный
- беспроигрышный (besproigryšnyj)that cannot be missed
Spanish imperdible
- imperdiblethat cannot be missed
Cite this entry
unmissable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmissable
“unmissable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmissable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmissable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmissable.
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