Definition for UN-EX-TIN'GUISH-A-BLE

UN-EX-TIN'GUISH-A-BLE, a.

  1. That can not be extinguished; unquenchable; as, unextinguishable fire.
  2. That can not be annihilated or repressed; as, an unextinguishable thirst for knowledge. [But inextinguishable is more generally used.]

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