"un-put-downable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more un-put-downable [comparative], most un-put-downable [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} un-put-downable (comparative more un-put-downable, superlative most un-put-downable)
  1. Alternative form of unputdownable Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: unputdownable
    Sense id: en-un-put-downable-en-adj-3wsrO1sK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Since \"Next\" is one of Mr. [Michael] Crichton's more un-put-downable novels, the reader may experience some frustration. It's tempting to stop and look up each of the genetic, legal and ethical aberrations described here in order to see how wild a strain of science fiction is afoot. Save a step. Just believe this: Oddity after oddity in \"Next\" checks out, and many are replays of real events.",
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          "text": "[James] Lees-Milne does not always show himself off in a good light, and he is by turns self-aggrandising, cruel, dismissive, mean-spirited and totally un-put-downable (though there will be occasions when you want to throw his books across the room with some force).",
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