indefectible
Americanadjective
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not defectible; not liable to defect or failure.
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not liable to fault or imperfection; faultless.
adjective
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not subject to decay or failure
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flawless
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of indefectible
First recorded in 1650–60; in- 3 + defectible ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“There is no question through this resolution of forgetting the memorial aspect and the indefectible link between the commune and this part of Paris,” Ms. Taïeb said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
True, it is not indefectible, but what it represents is indefectible.
From Time Magazine Archive
There, surrounded by 93 framed certificates and photographs, he sits at a U-shaped desk, pounding away at a typewriter in indefectible isolation: his incoming phone calls end at the switchboard of the nearby Hotel Formentor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Catholics believe what they are taught by a living indefectible authority, the only holy Catholic and apostolic church.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beauty of form and colour has its own high and inalienable and indefectible rights, its own profound significance for the history alike of nature and of man.
From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin
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