undauntable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of undauntable
First recorded in 1580–1590; un- 1 ( def. ) + daunt ( def. ) + -able ( def. )
Example Sentences
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She was resolute, he saw; undauntable; with no more fear of him than of a worm.
From Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
I could never tolerate the former group, for no one is perfect, and I was slowly drawing away from the undauntable latter group.
From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Lauren Ann Isaacson
Gentlemen, nothing was more remarkable in these fine descendants of our forefathers than the invincible determination with which they fought against odds, and the undauntable spirit with which they resisted defeat.
From Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens
"Sure," grinned Stanton, with all the deceptive, undauntable optimism of the Just-Awakened.
From Molly Make-Believe by Walter Tittle
There is something sublime about this magnificient isolation, this splendid self-reliance, this undaunted and undauntable self-sufficiency—these are traits which the world is wont to ascribe to beings more than mortal.
From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Henry Smith Williams
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