What's the difference between defeatable and unbeatable?

Defeatable


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This defeat, though, is hardly a good calling card for the main job.
  • (2) To confront this evil – and defeat it, standing together for our values, for our security, for our prosperity.” Merkel gave a strong endorsement of Cameron’s reform strategy, saying that Britain’s demands were “not just understandable, but worthy of support”.
  • (3) He campaigned for a no vote and won handsomely, backed by more than 61%, before performing a striking U-turn on Thursday night, re-tabling the same austerity terms he had campaigned to defeat and which the voters rejected.
  • (4) John Carver witnessed signs of much-needed improvement from the visitors in a purposeful spell either side of the interval but it was not enough to prevent a fifth successive Premier League defeat.
  • (5) Different games, different moments but it is very important to start winning our points at home.” City started their title defence by defeating Newcastle United 2-0.
  • (6) Instead of inevitable defeat there is uncertain cop-out.
  • (7) Long-term: The defeat of Isis is a political shaping exercise – you find moderate Sunni leaders, empower and install them in Syria and Iraq.
  • (8) Clinton lost the presidency and Democrats lost those seats, as Democrats suffered staggering defeats across two branches of government.
  • (9) A foretaste of discontent came when Florian Thauvin, the underachieving £13m winger signed from Marseille last summer , was serenaded with chants of ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt” from away fans during Saturday’s FA Cup defeat at Watford .
  • (10) Hagan’s defeat came as a shock and a heavy blow for the Democratic party in North Carolina, a purple state that now has no Democratic senator or governor for the first time in 30 years.
  • (11) The Iraqi prime minister has fired several senior security force commanders over the defeats in the face of Isis and on Wednesday announced that 59 military officers would be prosecuted for abandoning the city of Mosul.
  • (12) It's almost starting to feel like we're back in the good old days of July 2005, when Paris lost out to London in the battle to stage the 2012 Olympic Games, a defeat immediately interpreted by France as a bitter blow to Gallic ideals of fair play and non-commercialism and yet another undeserved triumph for the underhand, free-market manoeuvrings of perfidious Albion.
  • (13) The Liverpool manager was incensed by Lee Mason's performance at the Etihad Stadium on Boxing Day, when a 2-1 defeat cost his team the Premier League leadership and Raheem Sterling had a first half goal disallowed for an incorrect offside call.
  • (14) Following a run which included eight straight draws in the Premier League and a 3-0 defeat at Tottenham last Wednesday, Mubarak had reached the conclusion that Hughes and his coaching staff were not realising the potential of the players City had assembled.
  • (15) Southampton, with injuries and defeats to consider, were left licking their wounds.
  • (16) Three million of us are behind our team!” trumpets La Republica, who hail “the national team's exemplary behaviour so far, both individually and collectively.” Naturally they were saying exactly the same thing after the defeat to Costa Rica.
  • (17) However since the night of our defeat last week I have been subject to the added level of pressure that comes with being a leadership candidate.
  • (18) Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian A journey that started five years ago with a promise to bring Labour together – to avoid the civil strife that traditionally followed election defeat – risks ending where it began: contemplating electoral wilderness.
  • (19) Despite a lack of traditional campaign organization, a mix of big rallies and constant appearances on cable news helped Trump defeat what had been described as the strongest field in Republican history.
  • (20) "The title race is over but that changes nothing as we should do our best from now until the end of the season," the Italian said before explaining why he did not speak to the media after the 2-0 defeat at Everton in City's previous game .

Unbeatable


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We went through a run of results where we were almost unbeatable but since then we have tailed off a bit.
  • (2) More important than that in a short series they had an almost unbeatable trio in probable Cy Young winner Max Scherzer, a quality starter having his best season in Anibal Sanchez and Justin Verlander-In-A-Down-Year (which is still pretty good).
  • (3) Tancock is all but unbeatable over a single length, but has never been as strong over double the distance.
  • (4) Miami fans were exiting American Airlines Arena, the yellow rope was already up , and b'ball fans thought they were about to witness the San Antonio Spurs win their fifth NBA Championship by knocking out a Miami Heat team that was almost unbeatable during the regular season .
  • (5) Given the fallout from the Brexit vote, this was a competitive category this year, but Perloff’s rant about business rates is unbeatable.
  • (6) Dave Forsey, chief executive, said: "Despite tougher comparisons during the period, Sports Retail continues to perform well driven by our on-going focus on exceptional quality, unbeatable value and availability.
  • (7) I tried not to think the Kenyans were unbeatable, just gave it my all and as I hit the bell, [I thought], ‘Don’t regret this last lap.’” The field events were delayed by 20 minutes because of the heavy rain that flooded the runways and the women’s pole vault in particular veered dangerously close to farce.
  • (8) The Conservative party is neither strong nor unbeatable.
  • (9) These prices would be good value for a pretty ordinary B&B in a regional town – for chic digs in London, where you can easily pay £100 for access to a small dingy moth sanctuary, they’re basically unbeatable.
  • (10) Social atomisation may be the best sales strategy ever devised, and continuous marketing looks like an unbeatable programme for atomisation.
  • (11) As a Scot, maybe I've a bias towards the wildness and the colours of this landscape, but the beauty of the timeless West Highland coast on such a sun-drenched day is unbeatable.
  • (12) but became nearly unbeatable when he made his way back into the lineup.
  • (13) N’Golo Kanté is simply unbeatable in midfield and captain Wes Morgan has come on leaps and bounds too.
  • (14) One patient had unbeating nystagmus that diminished with upgaze, downgaze, or convergence.
  • (15) Caballero could not keep out Emre Can’s impudent little pitch-wedge to get the penalties underway but thereafter he was unbeatable, diving to his left to turn away a decent attempt by Lucas Leiva, a hesitant one from Philippe Coutinho, and then the other way to beat out Adam Lallana’s effort for his third successive save.
  • (16) The BBC boys are full of praise for Walker, with Terry Venables describing him as ‘unbeatable’.
  • (17) But cutting the price further this week, Tony Baines, managing director for corporate buying at Aldi, said: “In order to deliver outstanding quality at unbeatable prices, we have reduced the retail price of our Back to School uniform package from £4 to £3.69.” Lidl said its collection – comprising 41 separate items and including 100% cotton fabrics and leather shoes – could save British families with two children up to £2,854 over their entire primary school education.
  • (18) What a terrible indictment of a golfer who was once judged unbeatable on a Sunday afternoon.
  • (19) No matter who we’re playing, we play three in midfield – Drinkwater in the middle and Kanté either side,” explained the club’s chief scout, Steve Walsh, in a fairly unbeatable description that tells us all we need to know.
  • (20) If the lack of a hate figure was the gaping hole for the yes side, Nick Clegg provided an unbeatable one for the noes.