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
While they admit that Stalin's success has made him irremovable, they plainly infer that he is not also irreplaceable, that the U.S.S.R. would struggle on all right without him.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to the constitution of 1873 there were irremovable senators in France.
From The Cult of Incompetence by Barstow, Beatrice
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