inextricable

adjective in·ex·tri·ca·ble \ ˌi-nik-ˈstri-kə-bəl , (ˌ)i-ˈnek-(ˌ)stri- \

|Updated on: 9 Jul 2018

Examples: inextricable in a Sentence

Definition of inextricable

1 : forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free

2 a : incapable of being disentangled or untied

an inextricable knot

b : not capable of being solved

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inextricability

play \ˌi-nik-ˌstri-kə-ˈbi-lə-tē, (ˌ)i-ˌnek-(ˌ)stri-\ noun

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inextricably

play \ˌi-nik-ˈstri-kə-blē, (ˌ)i-ˈnek-(ˌ)stri-\ adverb

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Examples of inextricable in a Sentence

He argues that there is an inextricable link between poverty and poor health.

Recent Examples of inextricable from the Web

Substantively, postwar liberals advocated an extension and expansion of the New Deal project while emphasizing, unlike some earlier Democrats, the inextricable connection between an egalitarian economic agenda and a commitment to civil rights.

— sam rosenfeld, Vox, "The Democratic Party is moving steadily leftward. So why does the left still distrust it?," 22 June 2018
The act of measurement — observation, by someone or something — becomes an inextricable part of the theory.

— james gleick, New York Times, "What Does Quantum Physics Actually Tell Us About the World?," 8 May 2018
At 22, Ric Wilson has already unfurled a series of EPs that have established him as another in a long line of Young Chicago Authors alums whose music feels inextricable from the city in which it was created.

— greg kot, chicagotribune.com, "Ric Wilson authors melodic hip-hop on 'Banba'," 18 May 2018
Her dream of a supportive lover sets her apart from her fellow denizens of Covent Garden, where the cycle of poverty is inextricable from the cycle of abuse.

— kathryn schulz, The New Yorker, "Broadway’s Original Mansplainer," 23 Apr. 2018
China is an inextricable part of the global supply chain, producing the piece parts of cars, gadgets, bluejeans and practically anything else made by human hands.

— peter s. goodman, New York Times, "Trump Says Getting Tough on Chinese Trade Will Empower U.S. He Risks the Opposite.," 22 Mar. 2018
Which seems to me the perfect physical manifestation of my grief — pieces of Sean absorbed into my own being, lodged in my brain and my heart, his loss now an inextricable part of my blood, my body, my life, my story.

— shannon leone fowler, The Cut, "The Strange Pregnancy Fact That Helped Me Mourn My Fiancé’s Death," 19 Mar. 2018
The Recovering, over 450-odd pages and 14 chapters, is an effort to challenge the legend that alcohol and literary art are inextricable.

— sophie gilbert, The Atlantic, "Writing and Alcohol: A Reckoning," 6 Apr. 2018
China also is an inextricable part of the supply chain for many U.S. companies and manufacturers.

— gary shapiro, Fortune, "Commentary: We Need a Reset With China, Not a Trade War," 6 Apr. 2018

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