vincible

American  

[vin-suh-buhl] / ˈvɪn sə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being conquered or overcome.

   vincible fears.

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vincible British  

/ ˈvɪnsɪbəl /

adjective

1. rare capable of being defeated or overcome

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Other Word Forms

• vincibility noun
• vincibleness noun

Etymology

Origin of vincible

1540–50; < Latin vincibilis, equivalent to vinc ( ere ) to overcome + -ibilis -ible

Example Sentences

No team is invincible, as Hoffenheim’s upset helpfully demonstrated, but everyone else is a whole lot more vincible than Bayern is.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2020

Encouraged and refreshed by it, the eminently vincible Phillies last week turned in their first statistically creditable performance since July: one loss, three wins.

From Time Magazine Archive

She is the coming heir to Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, lately vincible at 30 but still unbeaten in five straight Wimbledons.

From Time Magazine Archive

The disasters of war and its own in vincible stupidity finally brought down the czarist regime, to be replaced by a provisional government under the liberal-minded Prince Lvov, and then by Socialist Revolutionary Alexander Kerensky.

From Time Magazine Archive

But fortunately for my peace of mind, they finally proved vincible under the hot sun, and the distance we had to go to camp.

From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)