unflappability
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From unflappable + -ity (rather than un- + flappability, which is probably a back-formation from this word.)
Noun
[edit]unflappability (uncountable)
- The state of being unflappable.
- 1997 August 5, Craig R. Whitney, “Jeanne Calment, World's Elder, Dies at 122”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Longevity ran in the family; Mrs. Calment's mother lived until she was 86 and her father until he was 93. But Mr. Robine said her great strength was her unflappability. […] “She once said, ‘If you can't do anything about it, don't worry about it.’”