Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Difficult or impossible to preclude or stop.
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- adjective Unable to be
stopped .
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- adjective not capable of being stopped
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Examples
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The Magic proved unstoppable from the perimeter in part because Dwight Howard was so dominant inside.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Aldridge was almost unstoppable from the beginning, hitting his first seven shots and finishing the first quarter with 14 points and five rebounds to give Portland a 32-24 lead.
USATODAY.com 2007
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The only reason runaway global warming seems unstoppable is that we have not yet tried to stop it.
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“The only reason runaway global warming seems unstoppable is that we have not yet tried to stop it,” he writes.
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He would be, I don't want to use the word unstoppable but he would be formidable.
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(AP) - Scratch unstoppable from the ways to describe Steve Slaton, Pat White and West Virginia's running game.
USATODAY.com - College Football - South Florida vs. West Virginia 2006
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“The only reason runaway global warming seems unstoppable is that we have not yet tried to stop it,” he writes.
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The only reason runaway global warming seems unstoppable is that we have not yet tried to stop it.
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Malone was unstoppable from the start as he scored 14 points on
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The human spirit, no matter how misguided, in unstoppable.
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