unpindownable

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adjective

That cannot be pinned down; elusive; uncapturable.

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Meanings

adjectiveunpindownable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat cannot be pinned down; elusive; uncapturable.

    Brilliant, artistic, revolutionary, multi-multi-ethnic and entirely unpindownable Celeste, who moved into our room at the start of freshman year while I was still in transit and decided to make me feel at home in Massachusetts by customizing her reproduction of Che Guevara.

    2000, Kamila Shamsie, Salt and Saffron, Bloomsbury, page 77

Origin

From un- + pin down + -able.

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APA

unpindownable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpindownable

MLA

“unpindownable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpindownable. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpindownable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpindownable.

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