as in static
incapable of moving or being moved
the driveway had to be built to curve around an irremovable tree
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Recent Examples of irremovable
And yet Payton’s sheer confidence — teetering into arrogance — formed an irremovable piece of his identity as a Super Bowl-winning offensive mind in New Orleans.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in his dissent in Myers v. United States in 1925 would have required even postmasters to be confirmable and even irremovable by the president.
—George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
Impeachment is an irremovable stain on any presidency, and Trump knows it.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Dec. 2019
Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in his dissent in Myers v. United States in 1925 would have required even postmasters to be confirmable and even irremovable by the president.
—George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
Impeachment is an irremovable stain on any presidency, and Trump knows it.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irremovable
Adjective
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Grace Cary/Getty Images Following a February in which mortgage interest rates stayed relatively static, borrowers may want to pay a bit more attention this March.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Rather than a static snapshot, Blueprints track live behavior, so if an AI system starts acting outside its intended purpose, the platform flags it.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The large number of immovable contracts on the Oilers roster has now reached a critical point.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The unstoppable force of Sally’s resentment and the immovable object of Theo’s perseverance are not an ideal dramatic combination.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Yet throughout it all, Maduro ruled on, seemingly unmovable.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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The same institution founded on the principle of easy and open community collaboration could now be proving unmovable—trapped between the need to adapt and an institutional resistance to change.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Once at the lobby door, the officers immediately saw a man matching the description standing next to a podium while Robinson was lying motionless on the ground, according to the complaint.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Hadel responded by punching Brown twice, sending him pummeling towards the ground, hitting his head on the pavement and lying motionless on the pavement.—
Mathew Schumer,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Medical officers skied down the frozen halfpipe to tend to the slender, immobile frame on the snow.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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This teal hip fracture bedpan has an easy-grip handle on both the front and sides for more comfortable use for fracture and immobile patients.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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From the Constitutional Revolution through the Mossadegh era and the 1979 upheaval, senior clerics have displayed a deeper commitment to being on the winning side than to any fixed political principle.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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The spline structure inside the nuts, the non-fixed gripping posture, and interference from magnetic forces significantly increased assembly complexity.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Beazley showed a still image of the man to a firm supervisor.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Local artists will lead sketching still-life arrangements of skulls, seed pods, turtle shells, tree bark, greens and fruit.—
Janet Kusterer,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Feb. 2026
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Still, Vegas is never content to stay stuck in its old ways.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Now after these victories over the Rockets, surging Hornets and Pistons, there is a feel of legitimacy, of being something better than stuck in the play-in mud.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Irremovable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irremovable. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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