different between unpickable vs unlickable

unpickable

English

Etymology

un- +? pickable

Adjective

unpickable (not comparable)

  1. That cannot be picked.
    an unpickable lock

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unlickable

English

Etymology

un- +? lickable

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?l?k?bl?/

Adjective

unlickable (comparative more unlickable, superlative most unlickable)

  1. Unable to be licked.
  2. (colloquial) That cannot be defeated or overcome.
    • 1963, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, Nation's Manpower Revolution (volumes 7-9, page 2585)
      We have tried to lick this problem although I think in a way it is unlickable through a variety of devices.

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