unstanchable

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adjective

Incapable of being stopped or brought to a close; unstoppable.

OriginEnglish stanch ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectiveunstanchable (comparative more unstanchable, superlative most unstanchable)

comparative more unstanchable · superlative most unstanchable · alternative unstaunchable

  1. Incapable of being stopped or brought to a close; unstoppable.
  2. Insatiable.

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. Englishstanch
  9. Englishunstanchable

From un- + stanch + -able.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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