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View synonyms for inextirpable

inextirpable

[ in-ik-stur-puh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. incapable of being extirpated:

    inextirpable disease.



inextirpable

/ ˌɪnɪkˈstɜːpəbəl /

adjective

  1. not able to be extirpated; ineradicable
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Derived Forms

  • ˌinexˈtirpableness, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inextirpable1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Latin word inexstirpābilis. See in- 3, extirpate, -ble
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Example Sentences

The setup could be described as “Casanova meets Dracula”—or, skeptical, empirical modernity, the cult of calculated, maximized pleasure meets the cult of pain and mystique, of the irrepressible and inextirpable atavistic and pre-rational forces.

The more you cut off the branches which imprudently appear, the more powerful and inextirpable become the roots below.

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