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unputdownable

un·put·dow·nable

UK/(ˌ)ʌnpʊtˈdaʊnəb(ə)l/ US/ˌənˌpʊtˈdaʊnəb(ə)l/ uncommon informal

adjective

1.

(of a book etc) so well written and entertaining as to be difficult to put down

  • “Unless the story is at once as unputdownable to a taxi driver as to a university professor it is not good enough” Brian Burland
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Origin

From un- + put down + -able.

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