DictionaryRoot: un-
Old English
un-
not
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adjective
unbreakable
un-BRAY-kuh-bul/ʌnˈbreɪkəbl/
Impossible or very difficult to break.
Etymology
The negative prefix denies the possibility expressed by break plus -able. Breaking need not mean physical damage: the earliest cited use concerns a law that could not be broken.