ineradicable

American  

[in-i-rad-i-kuh-buhl] / ˌɪn ɪˈræd ɪ kə bəl /

adjective

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

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ineradicable British  

/ ˌɪnɪˈrædɪkəbəl /

adjective

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

   an ineradicable disease

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Other Word Forms

• ineradicableness noun
• ineradicably adverb

Etymology

Origin of ineradicable

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

Example Sentences

Social media can efficiently make any lunatic theory an ineradicable and ever-evolving virus.

From The Wall Street Journal

The nation’s multilayered historical background has been variously stamped by a basic Arabic heritage, ineradicable remnants of protracted Ottoman Turkish rule and the long arm of the British colonial empire.

From The Wall Street Journal

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