unlickable

unlickable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ lickable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈlɪkəbl̩/

Adjective

unlickable (comparative more unlickable, superlative most unlickable)

1. Unable to be licked.
2. (colloquial) That cannot be defeated or overcome.
   • 1963, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, Nation's Manpower Revolution (volumes 7-9, page 2585)

     We have tried to lick this problem although I think in a way it is unlickable through a variety of devices.