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Meanings of unshockable in English

Incapable of being shocked.

Usage of unshockable in English
1
Again, unshockable, she didn't react in any way he could perceive.
Blood music
2
He had thought himself a man of the world, experienced, unshockable.
The Roll-Call
3
And how's that impacting on the rest of you? She is unshockable.)
Keeper: one house, three generations, and a journey into alzheim...
4
She was virtually unshockable; tough to keep up with, and even tougher to fool.
Blood music
5
Luna was the only completely unshockable person James knew.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
6
Everyone's so tolerant and unshockable, every taboo's already been shattered, no one's impressed any more.
The Guardian
7
Rose, who'd proved rather unshockable, would have understood, and maybe have some sensible advice for her.
East of the sun
8
He always liked to appear unshockable and omniscient.
Career of Evil
9
I can't join you. So much for feeling smugly unshockable for daring to contemplate cross-modal sex.
Schild’s Ladder
10
General practitioners are generally an unshockable lot.
The Irish Times
11
My mother, who had been a great flirt herself, thoroughly enjoyed all love-affairs and was absolutely unshockable.
Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One
12
United, almost unshockable now, are competing on so many fronts that they can only play the long game.
The Guardian
13
Most arrests involved "unshockable rhythms," which means the heart cannot respond to electric shocks from a defibrillator.
Reuters
14
She dabbled in some drugs before becoming a counsellor, and seems largely unshockable, yet even she is taken aback.
BBC
15
John and Jenny Sutton were the sort of sophisticated, unshockable, friendly people who could invite an earthquake in for tea.
The Door Into Summer
16
His socio-zoological studies have made him as unshockable, unflappable, benign and tolerant as a Zen master crossed with the great sloth.
The Irish Times
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