irremovable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- irremovability noun
- irremovableness noun
- irremovably adverb
Etymology
Origin of irremovable
Example Sentences
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Barbra Streisand has the only caricature screwed to the wall, because fans stole the original; so now she remains, irremovable, with her admonition “Don’t steal this one” inscribed above her signature.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2021
The philosopher Isaiah Berlin called the opposition between equality and freedom an “intrinsic, irremovable element in human life.”
From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018
Article 14 of the Code of Ethics of the UCI state that the members of the Ethics Commission "shall be irremovable", unless they die or resign.
From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2014
Molten bronze poured between the two clay surfaces melted the wax and replaced it, forming a hollow statue of bronze filled with irremovable clay.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he is irremovable and not exposed to any such dangers as the kings.
From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Yonge, Charles Duke
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