unsilenceable

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adjective

Unable to be silenced

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveunsilenceable (comparative more unsilenceable, superlative most unsilenceable)

comparative more unsilenceable · superlative most unsilenceable

  1. Unable to be silenced

    It may be impossible to replace Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the unsilenceable Nigerian dissident who was the patriarch of Afrobeat.

    2009 January 2, Amanda Petrusich, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishsilenceable
  9. Englishunsilenceable

From un- + silenceable.

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Translations

Greek ασίγαστος
  • ασίγαστος (asígastos)Unable to be silenced
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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