unputdownable

[ uhn-poot-dou-nuh-buhl ]

adjectiveInformal.

(especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.

Origin of unputdownable

From phrase put down;see un-¹, -able

Words Nearby unputdownable

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How to use unputdownable in a sentence

The ailing ex-fugitive was eventually tracked down by Koerner in San Diego, as his unputdownable final section reveals.
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It has indelible characters, a social conscience—and an unputdownable yarn.
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British Dictionary definitions for unputdownable

unputdownable

/ (ˌʌnpʊtˈdaʊnəbəl) /

adjective

(of a book, esp a novel) so gripping as to be read right through at one sitting

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