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nonsinkable

  • a word derived from sink.
    sink
    verb (used without object)
    to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in orinto ).

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The technical lessons taught by this prodi­gious disaster are three: First, that the naval architect has not yet learned how to make an abso­lutely nonsinkable ship, and that proba­bly he never will.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 3, 2012