inconvincible
Americanadjective
adjective
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
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
Yet, it was fair to say, he had not been by any means inconvincible about the new Works.
From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor
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
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