unbeatable

/'ʌn'bi:təbl/

Thân thiện

The team's unbeatable record fills them with pride.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Impossible to defeat or surpass: Describes something or someone that cannot be beaten, overcome, or outdone in a competition, contest, or comparison.
   • Exceptionally good; of the highest quality: Describes something that is so excellent it is considered unsurpassable.

Usage and Examples

• Describing a team or competitor:
  • The team had an unbeatable record this season.
  • She is an unbeatable chess champion.
• Describing a quality, price, or offer:
  • The store offers unbeatable prices on electronics.
  • The view from the mountaintop is simply unbeatable.
• Describing a feeling or spirit:
  • With her unbeatable optimism, she faced every challenge.

Advanced Usage

• "to seem/feel unbeatable": to have a sense of being invincible or incapable of losing.
  • After three consecutive wins, the team felt unbeatable.
• "virtually unbeatable": so difficult to defeat that it is almost, but not entirely, impossible.
  • His serve was so powerful it was virtually unbeatable.

Variants and Related Words

• Unbeaten (adj): Not defeated; having won all contests. (Focuses on a record, while "unbeatable" focuses on inherent quality).
  • The boxer retired with an unbeaten record.
• Invincible (adj): Too powerful to be defeated or overcome. (Often stronger, suggesting impossibility of defeat in any circumstance).
  • He believed his army was invincible.

Synonyms

• Invincible: Incapable of being conquered or defeated.
• Unconquerable: Not capable of being overcome or subdued.
• Unassailable: Unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated.

Antonyms

• Beatable: Capable of being defeated.
• Vulnerable: Susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. incapable of being overcome or subdued
   • an invincible army
   • her invincible spirit
2. hard to defeat
   • an unbeatable ball team

Từ đồng nghĩa

• invincible
• unvanquishable