Meanings
- rareuncountableThe quality of being unputdownable.
Stands out brightly above other thrillers for originality, ingenuity, local color and unputdownableness.
2009, David Downie, quoting Barbara Bray, Paris City of Night: A Novel of Suspense, Skokie, Ill.: MEP, →ISBN, praise page2 more examples
Although competently written, the book left me dissatisfied. “Count-Down” isn’t plausible in the way that good sf [science fiction] should be. It has not got the compelling mystery of good fantasy nor the unputdownableness of a good thriller.
1959 July 11, O.C., “[Book Reviews] COUNT-DOWN by Charles Eric Maine. […]”, in Freedom: The Anarchist Weekly, volume 20, number 28, London: Freedom Press, →OCLC, page 2, column 2Another friend has written me about Griffin & Sabine. Like you, I am hearing the loveliest things about our book, particularly its unputdownableness.
1992 January 7, Carol Shields, “Fragility 1990–1992”, in Blanche Howard, Allison Howard, editors, A Memoir of Friendship: The Letters between Carol Shields & Blanche Howard, Toronto, Ont.: Penguin Canada, →ISBN, page 256Synonyms: unputdownability
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being unputdownable.
Origin
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