INEXTRICABLE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

inextricable

adjective

Definition of inextricable

as in difficult

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Recent Examples of inextricable Unlike a traditional piece of writing, or even a blog post, a cell phone novel’s fragmented storytelling was inextricable from its three-inch screen and on-the-go audience. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026 Amid the inextricable trauma of losing her 18-year-old child, the mother had feared that traditional funeral customs might be handled differently because of the manner in which her daughter died. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 The feeling in South Korea is that this disappointment was inextricable from the South Africa defeat. — Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 29 June 2026 Today’s best design is as Instagrammable as ever, but simultaneously demands a less fleeting consideration, often suggesting a more permanent, inextricable link with the environment. — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for inextricable

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Adjective

Being undefeated after a trio of difficult opening matches can only be seen as a positive, even if Newcastle’s obvious shortcomings require addressing if that run is to be prolonged.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Engineers need flight data on propulsion, aerodynamics, thermal management, guidance and other subsystems under conditions that are difficult to reproduce on the ground.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of difficult

Adjective

The film fails to convey the fearsome, inexplicable beauty that Herzog clearly sees (or perhaps once saw) in this story.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
What will happen to the stage where Elvis’s swiveling pelvis was kept demurely out of frame, where the Beatles made their American debut, where Jackie Mason may or may not have flipped the bird at the host, where Topo Gigio found inexplicable fame?

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of inexplicable

Adjective

Their devotion to knotty specifics of academia extends to casting a real-life academic — Anne-Laure Sellier, currently a professor of behavioral sciences at HEC Paris business school — in the lead.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
During the day, the menu reclaims fry bread, a dish with a knotty history among Indigenous groups, as they were forced to adapt to US government rations when forcibly displaced from their homes.

— The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of knotty

Adjective

Apples also contain multiple types of fiber, including soluble fiber (which promotes healthy cholesterol levels) and insoluble fiber (which benefits digestion), says Elick.

— Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026
Both minerals bind together in the digestive tract to form insoluble calcium oxalate, which naturally prevents the body from absorbing essential calcium.

— Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of insoluble

Adjective

Underwood wasn’t Michigan’s only problem, but his struggles were impossible to ignore.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
In a community where trust in the immigration system and other authorities had eroded, Ortega became someone who had been through the same fear and knew how to navigate a system that many families found impossible to understand.

— Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

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