"undownable" meaning in Anglais

See undownable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ʌnˈdaʊn.ə.bəl\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-undownable.wav
  1. Primordial, incontournable. Tags: rare
    Sense id: fr-undownable-en-adj-rScRE5dm Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Termes rares en anglais
  2. Inflexible, inamovible. Tags: rare
    Sense id: fr-undownable-en-adj-r9UQDhLj Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Termes rares en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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