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unpindownable

unpindownable adjective: that cannot be pinned down; elusive; uncapturable.

Adjective

unpindownable (not comparable)

  1. That cannot be pinned down; elusive; uncapturable.
    • Brilliant, artistic, revolutionary, multi-multi-ethnic and entirely unpindownable Celeste, who moved into our room at the start of freshman year while I was still in transit and decided to make me feel at home in Massachusetts by customizing her reproduction of Che Guevara.2000, Kamila Shamsie, Salt and Saffron, Bloomsbury, page 77

Origin of unpindownable

From un- + pin down + -able.

Questions about unpindownable

What does unpindownable mean?
Unpindownable means that cannot be pinned down; elusive; uncapturable.
What part of speech is unpindownable?
Unpindownable is an adjective.

Words near unpindownable in the dictionary

  1. unpin
  2. unpinch
  3. unpinched
  4. unpinches
  5. unpinching
  6. unpindownable
  7. unpining
  8. unpinion
  9. unpinioned
  10. unpinioning
  11. unpinions

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