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inextirpable

[ in-ik-stur-puh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. incapable of being extirpated:

    inextirpable disease.



inextirpable

/ ˌɪɪˈɜːəə /

adjective

  1. not able to be extirpated; ineradicable
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԱˈپ貹Ա, noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of inextirpable1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Latin word Աپ. See in- 3, extirpate, -ble
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The setup could be described as “Casanova meets Dracula”—or, skeptical, empirical modernity, the cult of calculated, maximized pleasure meets the cult of pain and mystique, of the irrepressible and inextirpable atavistic and pre-rational forces.

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The more you cut off the branches which imprudently appear, the more powerful and inextirpable become the roots below.

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