unlickable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ lickable. By surface analysis, un- +‎ lick +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌnˈlɪkəbl̩/

Adjective

unlickable (comparative more unlickable, superlative most unlickable)

  1. Incapable of, or unsuitable for, being licked.
  2. (colloquial) That cannot be defeated or overcome.
    • 1963, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, Nation's Manpower Revolution, volumes 7-9, page 2585:
      We have tried to lick this problem although I think in a way it is unlickable through a variety of devices.
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