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unmissable

British  
/ ʌnˈmɪsəbəl /

adjective

  1. (of a film, television programme, etc) so good that it should not be missed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The two best plays I saw last year, Bess Wohl’s “Liberation” and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Purpose,” back-to-back winners of the Pulitzer Prize for drama, are part of the Geffen Playhouse’s unmissable next season.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

ET, but don’t skip our primer for all the details that should make this game an unmissable one.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

"Our priority is to make Gucci unmissable again... In one second you must know it's Gucci -- and it doesn't mean covering the world with GG," the group's CEO Luca de Meo said in April.

From Barron's May 17, 2026

The audience was lapping it up, and soon after, word of Madigan’s unmissable performance spread so quickly that this late-summer freakout film became a bona fide blockbuster.

From Salon Jan. 6, 2026

As Nighthand took off his jacket, the stench of something animal, left to rot, became unmissable.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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