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inexpungible

American  
[in-ik-spuhn-juh-buhl] / ˌɪn ɪkˈspʌn dʒə bəl /
Or inexpungeable

adjective

  1. that cannot be expunged, erased, or obliterated; inextirpable.

inexpungible British  
/ ˌɪnɪksˈpʌndʒɪbəl /

adjective

  1. incapable of being expunged

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Other Word Forms

  • inexpungibility noun

Etymology

Origin of inexpungible

1885–90; in- 3 + expunge + -ible )

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Because he understood how easy it was to pursue a passion for justice and revolution using obscene measures, Glucksmann could understand the totalitarian temptation as responding to a deep, inexpungible need in human nature for a master, a guide.

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