invulnerable

[ in-vuhl-ner-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
2. proof against or immune to attack:

   A strong navy made Great Britain invulnerable.

3. not open to denial or disproof:

   an invulnerable argument.

invulnerable

/ ɪnˈvʌlnərəbəl; -ˈvʌlnrəbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being wounded, hurt, damaged, etc, either physically or emotionally
2. incapable of being damaged or captured

   an invulnerable fortress

Derived Forms

• inˈvulnerably, adverb
• inˌvulneraˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• in·vulner·a·bili·ty in·vulner·a·ble·ness noun
• in·vulner·a·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of invulnerable¹

From the Latin word invulnerābilis, dating back to 1585–95. See in- ³, vulnerable

Example Sentences

Israel is powerful compared to its neighbors, but it is close to invulnerable compared to the Palestinians.

From Washington Post

Their love is legendary, powerful, and unique, but not invulnerable.

From The Daily Beast

This impressive record of political consolidation, however, does not leave it invulnerable.

From The Daily Beast

They do not think they are invulnerable to criticism or that history will guarantee them success.

From The Daily Beast

It is also doing this at a site built under a mountain and so possibly invulnerable to air attacks.

From The Daily Beast

Not only was she invulnerable to bullets and clubs; she had apparently drunk the elixir of eternal life.

From The Daily Beast

Morgiana threw back her black hair, and laughed as would an invulnerable jinn.

From Project Gutenberg

But the choice of an invulnerable state ticket at this convention is our business and our only business.

From Project Gutenberg

Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied, after slaying the Regin dragon, makes himself invulnerable by bathing in its blood.

From Project Gutenberg

But the artisans who follow him are 169 not invulnerable as he is; the grape-shot sweeps them down off the barricade.

From Project Gutenberg

It's our one weakness—the one Achilles heel in a m-machine that was meant to be invulnerable.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bulletproof
• impassable
• impenetrable
• impregnable
• indestructible
• unbeatable
• untouchable