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

• ˌineˈradicably, adverb
• ˌineˈradicableness, noun

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

Loss and defeat are ineradicable and unavoidable parts of life.

From The Daily Beast

On his headstone is inscribed a simple, ineradicable fact: “Here Lies Eric Arthur Blair.”

From The Daily Beast

Plenty of people seem to want their thighs inscribed with “Oylimpics 2012” and other ineradicable misspellings.

From The Daily Beast

And behind Pole are the Elizabethan settlement and the Puritans; ineradicable from our consciousness.

From Project Gutenberg

Here we find the biological explanation of the ineradicable impulse mankind has always displayed toward segregation into classes.

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She has, as most true country people have, an ineradicable and fundamental passion for independence.

From Project Gutenberg

The law of the former is stamped upon him by an incorruptible consciousness, that of the latter by an ineradicable feeling.

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Ineradicable hospitality and appreciation glowed on old man Ellison's weather-tanned face.

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