inextirpable

[in-ik-stur-puh-buh l]

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adjective

incapable of being extirpated: inextirpable disease.

Origin of inextirpable

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Latin word inexstirpābilis. See in-³, extirpate, -ble

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Historical Examples of inextirpable

The more you cut off the branches which imprudently appear, the more powerful and inextirpable become the roots below.
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British Dictionary definitions for inextirpable

inextirpable

adjective

not able to be extirpated; ineradicable

Derived Formsinextirpableness, noun

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