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irremovable

American  
[ir-i-moo-vuh-buhl] / ˌɪr ɪˈmu və bəl /

adjective

  1. not removable.


irremovable British  
/ ˌɪrɪˈmuːvəbəl /

adjective

  1. not able to be removed

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Etymology

Origin of irremovable

First recorded in 1590–1600; ir- 2 + removable

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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

To all intents and purposes they are irremovable, which accounts for the fact that many of them are so decrepit that they have to be trundled to the Senate building in armchairs.

From Time Magazine Archive

I will probably startle some of my readers by making the admission that if there is any such natural or irremovable inferiority, then a belief in political or economic equality is a blunder.

From The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair

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