inextricable
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Etymology
From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextricabilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪnɪkˈstrɪkəbl/, /ˌɪnɛkˈstrɪkəbl/, /ɪnˈɛkstrɪkəbl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
inextricable (not comparable)
- (of a knot etc) Impossible to untie or disentangle.
- 2020, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward:
- And when it comes to far-right anti-Semitism, hatred of Jews is inextricable from opposition to socialism.
- (of a problem) Impossible to solve.
- (of a maze etc) Impossible from which to escape.
- Antonym: extricable
Translations
impossible to untie or disentangle
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impossible to solve
impossible to escape from
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
inextricable (plural inextricables)
- inextricable, impossible to disentangle
- Near-synonym: insoluble
Derived terms
Further reading
- “inextricable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inextricable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inextricables)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “inextricable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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