ineradicable

[ in-i-rad-i-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. not eradicable; not capable of being eradicated, rooted out, or completely removed.

ineradicable

/ ˌɪnɪˈrædɪkəbəl /

adjective

1. not able to be removed or rooted out; inextirpable

   an ineradicable disease

Derived Forms

• ˌineˈradicableness, noun
• ˌineˈradicably, adverb

Other Words From

• ine·radi·ca·ble·ness noun
• ine·radi·ca·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of ineradicable¹

First recorded in 1810–20; in- ³ + eradicable

Example Sentences

And there was Charles Manson, of course, the ineradicable dark blot in any telling of this tale, who attached himself to Dennis looking for pop stardom.

From Los Angeles Times

How should millennial, liberal democracies balance legitimate national pride with an ineradicable legacy of wrongs done to indigenous peoples?

From Washington Times

Stutz thinks of Part X as an ineradicable evil that is always threatening to nullify our being.

From Los Angeles Times

The election of Donald Trump provided a green light for the release of sick, dark fantasies of revenge and a resurgence of the apparently ineradicable urge among some men to rule women utterly and completely.

From Salon

But it was a formative age, and those sensations had lodged somewhere ineradicable, waiting to be awakened.

From Washington Post