inextirpable

[ in-ik-stur-puh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. incapable of being extirpated: inextirpable disease.

Origin of inextirpable

1
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Latin word inexstirpābilis.See in-3, extirpate, -ble

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How to use inextirpable in a sentence

  • The more you cut off the branches which imprudently appear, the more powerful and inextirpable become the roots below.

British Dictionary definitions for inextirpable

inextirpable

/ (ˌɪnɪkˈstɜːpəbəl) /


adjective
  1. not able to be extirpated; ineradicable

Derived forms of inextirpable

  • inextirpableness, noun

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