Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Impossible to mistake or misinterpret; obvious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- That cannot be mistaken or misunderstood; clear; evident. Also
unmistakeable . - Synonyms Palpable, manifest, obvious, patent, unequivocal, unambiguous, decided.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
unique , such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective clearly evident to the mind
- adjective clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
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Examples
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You would have some difficulty in recognising him, though he bears, like the rest of us, what you call the unmistakable Landale stamp.
The Light of Scarthey Egerton Castle 1889
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Everywhere the socialists proclaimed their coming victory at the ballot-box, while, in unmistakable terms, they stated the situation.
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Also, they held out their hands, palms upward, in unmistakable sign of peace.
CHAPTER L 2010
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A certain unmistakable character trait began to manifest itself these early struggling writing days.
Leora Skolkin-Smith explains the backstory to her first novel, Edges 2010
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It's not enough to say you'll be ready from Day One — you have to be right from Day One, he added in unmistakable criticisms of Clinton, who often claims she's better prepared to govern, and her husband, who pledged during his own presidency to build a bridge to the 21st century.
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And with the moving comes removing, retraining, reconditioning of all of the bells and whistles attached to my wrists, filing away the pages of my history, neatly stacked in unmistakable sequence, and tucked under my arm for the journey to the other side of town.
Moving Candid Engineer 2008
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And with the moving comes removing, retraining, reconditioning of all of the bells and whistles attached to my wrists, filing away the pages of my history, neatly stacked in unmistakable sequence, and tucked under my arm for the journey to the other side of town.
Archive 2008-11-01 Candid Engineer 2008
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It's not enough to say you'll be ready from Day One — you have to be right from Day One, he added in unmistakable criticisms of Clinton, who often claims she's better prepared to govern, and her husband, who pledged during his own presidency to build a bridge to the 21st century.
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In an attempt to override the pretty pretty princess factor I used blue glitter to write EAT OUT in unmistakable huge block letters.
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"Homo sapiens is a species afflicted with a terminal illness and certain unmistakable suicidal tendencies"
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