unbeatable

American  

[uhn-bee-tuh-buhl] / ʌnˈbi tə bəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being beaten; impossible to defeat.

   an unbeatable football team.

2. of surpassingly good quality; excellent.

   an unbeatable combination of brains and talent.

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unbeatable British  

/ ʌnˈbiːtəbəl /

adjective

1. unable to be defeated or outclassed; surpassingly excellent

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Other Word Forms

• unbeatably
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of unbeatable

First recorded in 1895–1900; un- ¹ + beatable

Explanation

That one basketball team that never loses a game? They're unbeatable! They can't be defeated, no matter what their opponents do. Use this adjective for anyone who can't be beaten in a contest or game, like an unbeatable chess champion or your unbeatable show dog. Unbeatable can also be used in a more commercial way: "No one can match our unbeatable prices!" In other words, our prices are the lowest. Sometimes this adjective simply means "the best," even when there's no actual competition: "Wow, the view from your beach house is unbeatable!"

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

unbeatable

Point Three: They recently acquired Tarik Skubal specifically to reduce the need for Ohtani, and they now have a nearly unbeatable rotation without Ohtani.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Ice creams: from the unbeatable to the unlickable.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

The pace is coming to him much more easily than it is to Russell, he looks unbeatable if he doesn't hit problems, and 25 points is still a substantial lead.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Those names represent value, quality, and momentum—the factors that Northern Trust targets, Bahuguna says, adding that “this combination was absolutely unbeatable last year.”

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

Maybe Ma is right: Ghanaian genes are unbeatable.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Related Words

• invincible