"unstemmable" meaning in English

See unstemmable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From un- + stem + -able. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|un-|stem|-able}} un- + stem + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unstemmable (not comparable)
  1. That cannot be stemmed; being an unstoppable flood. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-unstemmable-en-adj-xHSF6HIJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2009 September 6, Geoff Pevere, “The human wreckage of the great blow of '54”, in Toronto Star:",
          "text": "Mary takes in a screening of Niagara the day she learns she's carrying Ray's baby, and this is only one of many watery images that flow through the book's roiling currents: Bell's struggle with the lake's waves, the unstemmable surges of illicit passion, the rains that come to carry everything in its path.",
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