What does unbeatable mean?
Word: Unbeatable
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Unbeatable means impossible to defeat, or so good that nothing can do better.
Synonyms: invincible, unconquerable, unrivalled
Antonyms: beatable, vulnerable
Word origin: The verb at its heart goes back to Old English beatan; the ending came into English from Latin through French.
How do you spell unbeatable?
Syllables: un - beat - a - ble
Tricky part: The middle is the verb beat, spelt ea; it is not beet, the vegetable.
Watch out for: unbeetable, unbeatabel
Memory tip: Think of a drum beat: the beat inside unbeatable is spelt the same way, with ea.
Unbeatable in a sentence
Example 1: The shop promised unbeatable prices during the summer sale.
Example 2: With three fast bowlers fit again, the home side looked unbeatable.
Example 3: Mum's lemon rice is unbeatable on a hot afternoon.
Fun Fact
Unbeatable and unbeaten are not the same: an unbeaten team simply has not lost yet, while an unbeatable one, people believe, cannot be beaten at all.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Fusion
Choose the two parts that make a real word with the given root:
___beat___ 1. un 2. dis 3. off 4. able 5. ible 6. ful
a) 1 and 5
b) 3 and 6
c) 1 and 4
d) 2 and 5
Show answer
c) 1 and 4. Beat takes able, never ible, and un turns it into unbeatable.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the sentence?
With five wins in five matches, our hockey team looked unbeattable, but our oponents in the final were just as strong.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Show answer
b) 2. Unbeattable doubles a t that beat never doubles, and opponents needs a double p.
Word Champ
Choose the correct word for the blank:
Nobody had defeated the hockey team in three seasons, and most people believed it was ___.
a) unreadable
b) unbearable
c) unbeatable
d) unsociable
Show answer
c) unbeatable. A team nobody can defeat is unbeatable; unbearable means too painful to put up with.
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) unbeatable
b) unbearable
c) unavoidable
d) unmanagable
Show answer
d) unmanagable. Manage keeps its e before able so the g stays soft: unmanageable.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. An unbeatable offer is one that ____.
a) no other seller can match
b) nobody wants
c) ends tomorrow
d) costs nothing
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a) no other seller can match
2. Which record would make a cricket team seem unbeatable?
a) losing its first two games
b) picking a new captain
c) missing the final because of rain
d) winning every match of the season
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d) winning every match of the season
