Unputdownable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /(ˌ)ʌnpʊtˈdaʊnəb(ə)l/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unputdownable is an adjective meaning Of a person, etc.: difficult or impossible to put down (in various senses).
Meaning
Of a person, etc.: difficult or impossible to put down (in various senses).
More Meanings
- (specifically) Of a book or other written work: so captivating or engrossing that one cannot bear to stop reading it.
Example Sentences
Only someone with enormous unputdownable optimism would ever have embarked on a project like this.
But she also remembers Phillips as someone who ‘people liked to be a bit scornful of, the kind of man they would like to put down, although he was unputdownable’.
Des Capper blinked, as if he has been hit with a dictionary. But he was unputdownable, at the same time giving the impression that he was registering all the snubs.
Now begins the allurement of the ‘unputdownable’ text. But is it unputdownable? The author must spin out and embroider the theme of a demoniacally possessed girl for all that it is worth.
Synonyms for unputdownable
Depending on context, synonyms include interesting.
Antonyms for unputdownable
Common opposites include putdownable, put-downable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include interesting, un-put-downable, unpindownable, putdownable, un-pin-downable, unwithstandable.
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