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ineradicable

adjective

Definition of ineradicablenext
as in indelible

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Recent Examples of ineradicable 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 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 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 They are not obsessed with corruption, seeing it as an ineradicable part of politics. — Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2017 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
  • 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 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
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
  • Bad habits fueled by longstanding trauma are damn near immortal.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
  • The artwork is crafted in the shape of a phoenix, an immortal, mythological bird that dies in flames before being reborn from the ashes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of immortal
Adjective
  • While the 1992 film that inspired the show went up in smoke, the TV series cast an undying spell — sparking one of pop culture’s fiercest, most devoted cult followings.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • With Carrie’s mom no longer the same abusive, tyrannical figure of King’s book, Sloyan focused on the undying love of a mother for a daughter.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of undying
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
Adjective
  • Yet there remains a sense of remove in the production’s perpetual excitement at demonstrating just how well its own analog works.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Heat point guard Davion Mitchell has seemingly been anywhere and everywhere this summer, always in perpetual motion, burning calories, running down basketball courts and city streets.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of perpetual

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“Ineradicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineradicable. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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