unbreakable

From un- + break + -able.

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unbreakable (comparative more unbreakable, superlative most unbreakable)

1. Difficult or impossible to break and therefore able to withstand rough usage.

   Synonym: infrangible

   Hypernym: tough

   unbreakable comb

   • 2023 May 18, Christopher Clarey, “Even as He’s Out, Rafael Nadal Will Always Be a Part of the French Open”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     His 14 singles titles still look like a typo even for those like me who have watched him build that probably unbreakable record, red brick by red brick.

2. (figurative) Resilient.

   the unbreakable spirit of the rebels

3. (of a horse) Not able to be broken in.

• breakable
• fragile

• unbroken

• (horses or rebels): free-spirited, indominable, invincible, willful

unbreakable (plural unbreakables)

1. Something that cannot be broken.