inexpugnable

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But there is no mistaking the real heartbreak and waste that are Hage’s material, or his outrage at the most costly, terrible and seemingly inexpugnable qualities of humanity.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2019

It will be seen in the crevice of what quibble that gentleman sought refuge and sits inexpugnable.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Robbed of the inexpugnable shelter of the Casa Riego, she, too, was made to look into the depths; upon the animalism, the lusts, and the reveries of that sordid, vermin-haunted crowd.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph

Less boldly drawn but not the less truthful is Helmer, that inexpugnable prig, with his shallow selfishness, his complacent conceit, and his morality for external use only.

From Inquiries and Opinions by Matthews, Brander

Ah, but such and such Beliefs of yore seemed inexpugnable.

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald