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

These include Richard Kind as an Arconia resident with a supposedly ineradicable migrating case of pink eye and Kumail Nanjiani as his neighbor, whose apartment is crowded with Christmas decorations year round.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Almost everyone ever incarcerated returns to society and remains, like Johnson, susceptible to extrajudicial punishment: An ineradicable stigma that can trigger the sort of treatment Johnson is experiencing in his ongoing quest to regain possession of his property, and to get on with his admirably reconstructed life.

From Washington Post