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inconvincible

American  
[in-kuhn-vin-suh-buhl] / ˌɪn kənˈvɪn sə bəl /

adjective

  1. not convincible; incapable of being convinced.


inconvincible British  
/ ˌɪnkənˈvɪnsəbəl /

adjective

  1. refusing or not able to be convinced

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Other Word Forms

  • inconvincibility noun
  • inconvincibly adverb

Etymology

Origin of inconvincible

First recorded in 1665–75; in- 3 + convincible ( def. )

Example Sentences

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I might be, but I suspect I am inconvincible, because we are treading on the bedrock of taste.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2013

We still agree, I am sure, on nineteen points out of twenty, and on the twentieth I am not inconvincible.

From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 by Marchant, James

No, I shall never call you strange again: You are the young and inconvincible Epitome of all blind men since Adam.

From The Three Taverns by Robinson, Edwin Arlington

One other meeting, on the 25th, will suffice: the Commons are inconvincible, the Noblesse and Clergy irrefragably convincing; the Commissions retire; each Order persisting in its first pretensions.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

As long as there is the smallest fraction of a decimal unaccounted for in a mathematical way, this individual is inconvincible.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles