Undestroyable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not able to be destroyed or rendered void by any means
2. Impossible to damage or break down no matter the force or method applied
3. Something that cannot be wrecked, demolished, or ruined under any circumstance

Etymology: "Undestroyable" is a plain formation: the prefix "un-", meaning "not", attached to "destroyable," which itself is "destroy" plus the suffix "-able," meaning "capable of being." Put together, the word describes something that cannot be destroyed, which is the sense the meaning gives. The prefix "un-" is one of English's most productive, and it has been used since Old English to negate adjectives, so "undestroyable" follows a pattern that speakers apply freely to many verbs. Words built this way are often coined when a writer needs a negated form that a dictionary has not yet recorded, which is why they can appear in print before they appear in standard references.

Synonyms: indestructible

Antonyms: destroyable