unintimidatable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + intimidatable.
Adjective
[edit]unintimidatable (comparative more unintimidatable, superlative most unintimidatable)
- Fearless; not able to be intimidated.
- 1938, Oliver St. John Gogarty, I follow Saint Patrick, Reynal & Hitchcock, page 302:
- The first impression he must have made on the heathen chieftains was that of a man unintimidatable and devoid of fear.
- 1967, Alfred P. Rubin, [Review of The McMahon Line. A Study in the Relations between India, China and Tibet, 1904 to 1914 by Alastair Lamb], The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 61, No. 3, Jul., 1967, pg. 828:
- In this regard it is noteworthy that one aim of British Indian officials was to prevent the Chinese appointing unintimidatable British members of the Chinese Inspectorate of Customs to customs and other posts on the India-Tibet trade routes.
- 2006, Neal Gabler, Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination, Random House, Inc., published 2007, →ISBN, page 463:
- He trusted her, no doubt because be knew she- was outspoken, honest, and unintimidatable at a time when he was afraid everyone else would tell him what they thought he wanted to hear.