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inextirpable

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

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

    Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value

    Arthur Glyn Leonard

British Dictionary definitions for inextirpable

inextirpable

adjective
  1. not able to be extirpated; ineradicable
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Derived Formsinextirpableness, noun
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