unarrestable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˌʌn.əˈrɛs.tə.bəl/ UK /ˌʌn.əˈrest.ə.bəl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    impossible to stop, check, restrain, or bring to a halt

    Once released, the avalanche seemed unarrestable.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · impossible to stop, check,... unstoppableuncheckedirresistible
Opposites
arrestablestoppablecontrollable
Word family
Forms unarrestably
Derived forms unarrestably
Related forms arrestarrestableinexorable

Etymology

Formed from un- ("not") + arrestable. Arrest entered English through Old French from a Germanic verb meaning "to stop or remain"; the compound therefore describes something that cannot be stopped or checked.

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