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ineliminable

ineliminable

9.9
Not possible to remove or avoid completely
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪnɪˈlɪmɪnəbl/
translation icon : ineliminable
  • The world we see is, to use a philosophical expression, theory-laden: it already bears the ineliminable mark of our involvement in it.

Examples

  • The link between the perfectionist illusion characterized by the forced negation of ineliminable tensions and the parallel negations of conscience and practice is necessarily the work of a revolutionary project.

    Academic text (1997)
  • But nature and the ineliminable weaknesses of reason that we have been considering combine to make following this strategy both difficult and self-diminishing.

    Academic text (2000)
  • This splitness within the human soul (and within the order of things) and the accompanying ineliminable tensions characteristic of practical life are the very condition of possibility of conscience and practice, that is, of humans' constitution as moral and political beings.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Without denying the reality or diminishing the value of the latter, he insists not only on the possibility but the reality of an ineliminable plurality of judgments and hence of dispositions, tendencies, and orientations toward thinking and acting.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Emotions can sometimes be ineliminable, influencing our decisions and thoughts far more than we realize.

  • The noise from the construction site was an ineliminable part of living in the city.

  • Some challenges in life are ineliminable, requiring us to find ways to cope and adapt.

Synonyms

unavoidable
vsineliminable
45 3.8

You cannot stop or prevent it

is also applicable to things that cannot be removed or erased
insurmountable
vsineliminable
33 8.5

Impossible to get past

is about being impossible to remove or avoid rather than only hard
inescapable
vsineliminable
31 5.4

Certain to happen and cannot be avoided

is also used for things that cannot be removed or eliminated
unconquerable
vsineliminable
4 7.3

Too strong for anyone to defeat

is about removal or inevitability not about being beaten
insuperable
vsineliminable
  • Formal
2 9.1

So hard that no one can get past it

is focused on permanence or inevitability rather than obstacle strength
ineluctable
vsineliminable
  • Formal
2 9.9

Impossible to avoid or escape

is wider covering both removal and inevitability
undefeatable
vsineliminable
2 4.9

Too strong for anyone to beat

is about permanence or unavoidable nature rather than losing to someone
indissoluble
vsineliminable
  • Formal
1 8.8

Cannot be ended or broken, for example a marriage

is similar but also used for things that cannot be avoided
ineradicable
vsineliminable
1 8.8

Not possible to remove completely

is also applied to things that cannot be avoided
unerasable
vsineliminable
1 7.1

Cannot be removed, like a mark or memory

is also used when something cannot be avoided or prevented
indefeasible
vsineliminable
  • Formal
1 9.9

A right or claim that cannot be taken away

is about legal permanence rather than general removal or avoidance
unsurmountable
vsineliminable
1 8.1

Impossible to overcome or get past, like a problem you cannot solve

is used more for removal or avoidance than for obstacles
irremediable
vsineliminable
1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

is more about being impossible to remove or avoid rather than fixable
inexpungeable
vsineliminable
9.9

Not able to be removed or erased completely

is also used for things that cannot be avoided
inexpungible
vsineliminable
9.9

A mark, memory, or smell you cannot remove and that stays with you

is broader covering both removal and unavoidable cases
ineffaceable
vsineliminable
9.9

Something you cannot remove or forget

is used more broadly to include things that cannot be avoided
inextirpable
vsineliminable
9.9

Too hard to get rid of completely, like deep roots that keep growing

is used more widely to include unavoidable situations
irremovable
vsineliminable
7.2

Something you cannot get rid of

is broader also applying to things that cannot be avoided
nonremovable
vsineliminable
4.8

Cannot be taken out from where it is

is also used for items that cannot be avoided or escaped
undetachable
vsineliminable
6.8

Not able to be separated from the thing it is attached to

is broader covering removal and unavoidable meaning
undestroyable
vsineliminable
8.2

Not able to be broken or damaged

is used more generally for things that cannot be avoided or removed
inexterminable
vsineliminable
9.9

Impossible to get rid of completely

is broader also covering cases that cannot be avoided
unsubduable
vsineliminable
9.9

Not able to be defeated or controlled

is about permanence or inevitability rather than control
inexpugnable
vsineliminable
9.9

No one can beat or prove it wrong

is about being irremovable or unavoidable rather than invincible
undiminishable
vsineliminable
9.4

Cannot become smaller or weaker

is about inability to be removed or avoided not merely size

How Removable

removable
20 3.3
ineliminable
9.9

Surface Forms

ineliminable positive

Morphology

ineliminable = eliminable (semi-transparent) = in + elimin + able

The negative prefix 'in-' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'not eliminable'.

Etymology

The word ineliminable is made from the prefix in- 'not' and the verb eliminate 'to remove', so it means something you cannot remove or avoid.