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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The most negative expert, Protestant Moral Theologian Paul Ramsey, saw an "irremovable possibility" that physical or psychological damage might be inflicted on IVF children.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are irremovable usurpers; they are created by economic conditions and, as long as these economic conditions last, they will continue to enjoy the power they now exercise.

From Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Edmond Kelly

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