unsinkable
adjective
un·sink·able
ˌən-ˈsiŋ-kə-bəl 
: incapable of being sunk
an unsinkable ship
… the right image, the right friends, and writerly flair can make a famous journalist's career all but unsinkable …—
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The attempt to lift the yacht off the seabed is expected later this month and should help shed light on how a supposedly unsinkable vessel disappeared into the sea.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
At first, Taiwan was primarily a military asset – an unsinkable aircraft carrier off China’s coast – whose cultural similarity to China enabled its companies to partner with American firms, investing in China during the 1980s.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
So the analysis confirmed the testimony of naval architect Edward Wilding—who helped design Titanic—as to how a ship touted as unsinkable could have met such a fate.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
An unsinkable interest Titanic kids — and often by extension, their parents — know all about the sister ships, the R.M.S. Olympic and the H.M.H.S. Britannic; the rescue of the surviving passengers by the R.M.S. Carpathia; and the classes of passengers (first, second and third).
—Janet Manley, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Reuters, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
At first, Taiwan was primarily a military asset – an unsinkable aircraft carrier off China’s coast – whose cultural similarity to China enabled its companies to partner with American firms, investing in China during the 1980s.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
So the analysis confirmed the testimony of naval architect Edward Wilding—who helped design Titanic—as to how a ship touted as unsinkable could have met such a fate.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
An unsinkable interest Titanic kids — and often by extension, their parents — know all about the sister ships, the R.M.S. Olympic and the H.M.H.S. Britannic; the rescue of the surviving passengers by the R.M.S. Carpathia; and the classes of passengers (first, second and third).
—Janet Manley, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Unsinkable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsinkable. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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