tempt
verb (used with object)
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
untemptable
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a word derived from
tempt.
Example Sentences
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In that wilting climate there was something of the untemptable Anglo-Saxon saint about Sleeman, as well as "something near to ruthlessness."
From Time Magazine Archive
They displayed their wares for an hour with much dexterous flattery and persuasiveness, but Mrs. Link was untemptable, and I was only tempted into buying a handkerchief to keep the sun off.
From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
Yet Debby was no Edgeworth heroine, preternaturally prudent, wise, and untemptable; she had a fine crop of piques, vanities, and dislikes growing up under this new style of cultivation.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 by Various
Yet Debby was no Edgworth heroine preternaturally prudent, wise, and untemptable; she had a fine crop of piques, vanities, and dislikes growing up under this new style of cultivation.
From A Modern Cinderella Or, the Little Old Shoe and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott
