INEFFACEABLE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

ineffaceable

adjective

Definition of ineffaceable

as in indelible

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Recent Examples of ineffaceable The relic, with ghostly, ineffaceable traces of the original handiwork, is in the show. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017

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Adjective

In two playoff games last January, Williams provided some of the 2025 postseason’s most indelible moments.

— Michael Silver, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Memories of September 11 are still overwhelming for many New Yorkers, but NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan finds value in looking back on that indelible day 25 years later.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of indelible

Adjective

The contradictions of their closeness aren’t papered over; the unease is allowed to linger, inflamed and ineradicable.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
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

Definition of ineradicable

Adjective

Carrick is the seventh permanent manager since the retirement of Ferguson in 2013 and follows in the footsteps of top-tier names like Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho, who failed to return United to the summit of English soccer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Fed Governor Michelle Bowman, a permanent voting member of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee, and Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid, a non-voting member, are set to speak.

— Justina Lee,Sarah Min, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of permanent

Adjective

Instead of clarity and stability, the future of Russian politics will reflect the consequences of the seemingly deathless regime that Putin has built.

— Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
There is the deathless debate around the compatibility — or otherwise — of winning and entertaining.

— The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026

Definition of deathless

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