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Grammar : Adj

Spell : singk

Phonetic Transcription : sɪŋk

Definition of unsinkable

Origin : 1650s, from un- (1) "not" + sinkable (see sink (v.)).

As in floating : adj buoyant
As in buoyant : adj light in weight
As in unshakable : adj steady

Example sentences :

I told you she was unsinkable, if only handled in accordance with the new seamanship.
Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad

Seal the boat and she's unsinkable the way a corked bottle is.
Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth

If boats are unsinkable as well as fireproof there is no need of any life-boats at all.
Extract from : « Sinking of the Titanic » by Various

And still everyone was walking about and saying that the ship was unsinkable.
Extract from : « Titanic » by Filson Young

The term "unsinkable," as applied to ships, is used throughout the present work in an accommodated sense.
Extract from : « An Unsinkable Titanic » by John Bernard Walker

Such was the Great Eastern, a marvel in her time and an object lesson, even to-day, in safe and unsinkable construction.
Extract from : « An Unsinkable Titanic » by John Bernard Walker

If we would make ocean travel safe we must make the ship, as far as possible, unsinkable.
Extract from : « An Unsinkable Titanic » by John Bernard Walker

It was rough luck, to be sure; they had not thought they would so soon have a chance of proving that the Titanic was unsinkable.
Extract from : « Titanic » by Filson Young

We have nothing direct from the Titanic, but are perfectly satisfied that the vessel is unsinkable.
Extract from : « Titanic » by Filson Young

Here it is a ship at sea, unsinkable and steady, blown upon by the free winds of all the world.
Extract from : « Old Plymouth Trails » by Winthrop Packard

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