ineradicable

adjective

Definition of ineradicablenext
as in indelible

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Recent Examples of ineradicable In his version of our political life, our deepest and most ineradicable habits of mind push some of us to indulge in radical fantasies about the rest of us. — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024 Overall, the small gap in pre-puberty performance doesn’t seem like strong evidence of ineradicable differences between males and females. — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2025 To be raped is to confront this particular evil, a staining, ineradicable harm that is not reducible to physical, or even psychological, trauma. — Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025 Here is Strout at her most emotionally precise, capturing a universal human longing in a single ineradicable image. — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for ineradicable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineradicable
  1. indelible
  2. ineffaceable
  3. indissoluble
  4. permanent
  5. immortal
  6. undying
  7. deathless
  8. perpetual
Adjective
  • Cryptocurrency transactions are recorded on an indelible public ledger, or blockchain, which can be analyzed to show the pattern and volume of cryptocurrency transactions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • The 61-year-old writer/director revisits his script’s indelible opening lines at the start of the trailer, effectively shepherding in a new age of wonder and uncertainty.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
Definition of indelible
Adjective
  • The relic, with ghostly, ineffaceable traces of the original handiwork, is in the show.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017
Definition of ineffaceable
Adjective
  • The love trial ended in mutual frustration, but their bond was indissoluble.
    — Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • But Céline’s reputation is indissoluble from his strange political fate.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 15 June 2022
Definition of indissoluble
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  • The Athletic reported on Monday that Everton were progressing in talks to sign George on a permanent deal.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Authorities said 6,462 people have been rescued while 15,050 remain without permanent housing after losing their homes.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
Definition of permanent
Adjective
  • Bond villain Hugo Drax) imagines a vast, floating city suspended in darkness, inhabited by immortal beings who, out of boredom, begin tinkering with the construct of time.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
  • Lobo As the cigar-smoking, alien, bounty hunter who teams up with Supergirl, Lobo possesses immense strength and is essentially immortal, having lived for hundreds of years.
    — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Definition of immortal
Adjective
  • The adaptation of Georgy Demidov’s eponymous novel, set in the Soviet Union in 1937 during Stalin’s Great Purge, tells the story of a young local prosecutor and dedicated communist who starts to question his undying faith in the regime.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026
  • Trae Young won Madison Square Garden’s undying enmity in the 2021 playoffs for the Atlanta Hawks, punctuating game-breaking shots by shushing the crowd or bowing to the fans and waving goodbye.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Definition of undying
Adjective
  • There is the deathless debate around the compatibility — or otherwise — of winning and entertaining.
    — The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Brides finds Sally Bishop (Cooke) and her husband on a trip to Northern Italy in 1961, where they get stranded at a remote villa run by the enigmatic Vova (Lawtey), who presides over a household of beautiful, deathless women (Turner-Smith, Prettejohn) and their caretaker (Gorman).
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Definition of deathless
Adjective
  • Americans are in a perpetual debate, which is no surprise, as retrogrades are notorious for misunderstandings and communication errors.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • But what keeps this show on my perpetual rewatch list is its humor, heart and endless humanity.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of perpetual

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