inextricably

[ in-ik-strik-uh-blee ]

adverb

1. in a way that is unable to be separated or disentangled:

   Climate and agriculture are inextricably linked: climate affects agricultural production, and agricultural emissions affect the climate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inextricably¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; inextricab(le) ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

The issue of national security, for any of these countries as well as the United States, is inextricably interlinked not only with immigration and border policies but also with food security.

From ProPublica

Trusted Intelligence and value are inextricably linked, and more value builds more trust.

From MIT Technology Review

The race for a vaccine had become inextricably tied to election-year politics, and for months, outside experts had worried that Pfizer’s vaccine might be an “October surprise” pushed prematurely through the regulatory process.

From Washington Post

That brings both opportunity and danger, especially for an ad industry inextricably tied to the flow of that money into their margin-based businesses.

From Digiday

That sort of decline would be felt by any supplier let alone one that’s inextricably tied to economic growth — like agencies are.

From Digiday

This was a guy from the hip-hop generation and with a perspective that was inextricably linked to that generation.

From The Daily Beast

And in True Blood, blood and sex are inextricably linked and used to gain power.

From The Daily Beast

The saying is also inextricably linked to actress Uma Thurman, the cognoscente of cinematic revenge.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, what we think about suicide is inextricably a product of what we think about God.

From The Daily Beast

But the two types of violence are actually inextricably linked.

From The Daily Beast

To the lay eye it appears that the whole movement has got itself inextricably snarled.

From Project Gutenberg

Opinions and sentiments are inextricably interwoven with some of these earlier stories that do not seem to be mine to-day.

From Project Gutenberg

The worker's life is inextricably bound up with the profit of the capitalist—no profit for the capitalist, no life for the worker.

From Project Gutenberg

In the shock the 'St. Helen's' took fire; and as the two ships were inextricably locked together, the danger was common to each.

From Project Gutenberg

Horse and foot were inextricably mixed as the first of the panic-stricken wretches broke and fled.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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