"unsinkable" meaning in All languages combined

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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  "etymology_text": "From un- + sink + -able.",
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      "form": "more unsinkable",
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "1981, Patrick White, Flaws in the Glass: A Self-Portrait",
          "text": "Any true Grecophile will understand when I say that the unsinkable condom and the smell of shit which precede the moment of illumination make it more exciting when it happens.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Eric Puchner, “Children of God”, in Music Through the Floor: Stories, page 13",
          "text": "It was the kind of place with a neon martini glass for a name and an unsinkable turd floating in the toilet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Adrian Hyland, Moonlight Downs",
          "text": "That was the connection, the hook, the key, that was the thought that had been bobbing around like an unsinkable turd in the toilet of my subconscious all night.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 23, ElizaMcPhee, “Kids' toys, jewellery and a BRICK: The bizarre things Sydneysiders tried to flush down their toilet - wih flushed wet wipes costing $8MILLION a year”, in Daily Mail Australia",
          "text": "The Sydney water team are hoping that by showing families the 'unflushable' and 'unsinkable' items, that the environment will be a lot better off.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 June 19, Edward Helmore, Leyland Cecco, “Search under way for tourist submarine missing on dive to wreck of Titanic”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "The RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner which had been marketed as “unsinkable”, sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912, on a route from Britain to the US after being holed by an iceberg, claiming the lives of 1,514 of the 2,224 passengers and crew.",
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        "That cannot be sunk."
      ],
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        [
          "sunk",
          "sunk"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly of ships) That cannot be sunk."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of ships"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sinkproof"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "word": "uppoamaton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "word": "insubmersible"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "avýthistos",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "word": "αβύθιστος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "akatavýthistos",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ακαταβύθιστος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "word": "elsüllyeszthetetlen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "word": "dobháite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fuchin",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "word": "不沈"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "word": "immersābilis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "word": "do-vaiht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "word": "do-vaih"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "word": "niezatapialny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nepotopljájemyj",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "word": "непотопля́емый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "word": "osänkbar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 32",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nepotopljuvanyj",
          "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
          "word": "непотоплюваний"
        }
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        {
          "text": "unsinkable optimism",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "That cannot be overcome or defeated."
      ],
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        "(figurative) That cannot be overcome or defeated."
      ],
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  "word": "unsinkable"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From un- + sink + -able.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1898 December, Richard Pearson Hobson, “The Sinking of the \"Merrimac\"”, in Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder, editors, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume 57, number 2, page 266",
          "text": "As the construction and preparation of the unsinkables would require six weeks or two months , I thought it best to make report of my plan to the admiral before the departure from Key West .",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1930, Shane Leslie, Augustine Agar, Jutland: A Fragment of Epic, page x",
          "text": "German unsinkables with their penetrating shell and safety magazines? That there was this acute material disparity between this type of ship of both nations there can be no doubt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, William Ratigan, Great Lakes Shipwrecks & Survivals",
          "text": "But no large ship has vanished without trace since the whaleback Clifton, another of the “unsinkables” and skippered by Emmet Gallagher of Beaver Island, sailed through a crack in Lake Huron on September 22, 1924, taking all hands — a total of 28— down with her.",
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        "A ship that was designed to be unsinkable."
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  "word": "unsinkable"
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      "word": "unsinkable rubber duck"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From un- + sink + -able.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "more unsinkable",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "most unsinkable",
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        {
          "ref": "1981, Patrick White, Flaws in the Glass: A Self-Portrait",
          "text": "Any true Grecophile will understand when I say that the unsinkable condom and the smell of shit which precede the moment of illumination make it more exciting when it happens.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Eric Puchner, “Children of God”, in Music Through the Floor: Stories, page 13",
          "text": "It was the kind of place with a neon martini glass for a name and an unsinkable turd floating in the toilet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Adrian Hyland, Moonlight Downs",
          "text": "That was the connection, the hook, the key, that was the thought that had been bobbing around like an unsinkable turd in the toilet of my subconscious all night.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 23, ElizaMcPhee, “Kids' toys, jewellery and a BRICK: The bizarre things Sydneysiders tried to flush down their toilet - wih flushed wet wipes costing $8MILLION a year”, in Daily Mail Australia",
          "text": "The Sydney water team are hoping that by showing families the 'unflushable' and 'unsinkable' items, that the environment will be a lot better off.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 June 19, Edward Helmore, Leyland Cecco, “Search under way for tourist submarine missing on dive to wreck of Titanic”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "The RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner which had been marketed as “unsinkable”, sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912, on a route from Britain to the US after being holed by an iceberg, claiming the lives of 1,514 of the 2,224 passengers and crew.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That cannot be sunk."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly of ships) That cannot be sunk."
      ],
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        "of ships"
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        {
          "word": "sinkproof"
        }
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        {
          "text": "unsinkable optimism",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That cannot be overcome or defeated."
      ],
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        "(figurative) That cannot be overcome or defeated."
      ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "word": "uppoamaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "word": "insubmersible"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "avýthistos",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "word": "αβύθιστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akatavýthistos",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ακαταβύθιστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "word": "elsüllyeszthetetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "word": "dobháite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuchin",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "word": "不沈"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "word": "immersābilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "word": "do-vaiht"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "word": "do-vaih"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "word": "niezatapialny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepotopljájemyj",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "word": "непотопля́емый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "word": "osänkbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nepotopljuvanyj",
      "sense": "of a ship: that cannot be sunk",
      "word": "непотоплюваний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unsinkable"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From un- + sink + -able.",
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          "ref": "1898 December, Richard Pearson Hobson, “The Sinking of the \"Merrimac\"”, in Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder, editors, The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume 57, number 2, page 266",
          "text": "As the construction and preparation of the unsinkables would require six weeks or two months , I thought it best to make report of my plan to the admiral before the departure from Key West .",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1930, Shane Leslie, Augustine Agar, Jutland: A Fragment of Epic, page x",
          "text": "German unsinkables with their penetrating shell and safety magazines? That there was this acute material disparity between this type of ship of both nations there can be no doubt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, William Ratigan, Great Lakes Shipwrecks & Survivals",
          "text": "But no large ship has vanished without trace since the whaleback Clifton, another of the “unsinkables” and skippered by Emmet Gallagher of Beaver Island, sailed through a crack in Lake Huron on September 22, 1924, taking all hands — a total of 28— down with her.",
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  "word": "unsinkable"
}