Unstoppable Meaning
/ʌnˈstɔ.pə.bəl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjUnable to be stopped.
Sentence Examples
What happens when an unstoppable force hits an unmovable object?
The unstoppable march of time continues.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The team's winning streak seemed ____ as they kept beating every opponent.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The team's momentum seemed ____ as they won their tenth match in a row and moved to the top of the league today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English stoppable English unstoppable From un- + stoppable.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In these early days of silent pictures, the accent was chiefly on thrills and danger as provided by supposedly unstoppable locomotives with crooks or maniacs on the footplate."
— 1958 February 26, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:
"However Russian Pavlyuchenko stunned his compatriots with an unstoppable 25-yard drive into the top corner."
— 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2025:
"I'm so powerful / I don't need batteries to play / I'm so confident / Yeah, I'm unstoppable today"
— 2016, Sia, Chris Braide, “Unstoppable”, in This Is Acting, performed by Sia:
"These trains were ordered years before the pandemic, commissioned to tackle a problem that has (for now) gone away. Passenger numbers are no longer increasing at an unstoppable rate, driven by rising central London employment. The extra capacity is not currently needed."
— 2020 September 9, Paul Clifton, “SWR unveils £1bn 'Arterios' for the "heart of our network"”, in Rail, pages 26–27:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The team's winning streak seemed ____ as they kept beating every opponent.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The team's momentum seemed ____ as they won their tenth match in a row and moved to the top of the league today.