inexpungible

Examples

• All

• (n212.) Shils, supra note 202, at 338. One cannot be completely civil for "selfishness and parochiality are inexpungible from human life." Id. at 350.

  Academic text (2009)

• The memories of that day were inexpungible, haunting him no matter how hard he tried to forget.

• The truths in history are often inexpungible, etched into the fabric of our understanding.

Synonyms

I

indelible

vsinexpungible

23 7.0

Not able to be removed, erased, or forgotten

applies more generally beyond just marks or memories

I

imperishable

vsinexpungible

2 7.3

Not able to be destroyed and lasting forever

concerns inability to be removed or erased rather than lasting forever

I

ineradicable

vsinexpungible

1 8.8

Not possible to remove completely

focuses more on inability to be removed or erased rather than destroyed

U

unerasable

vsinexpungible

1 7.1

Cannot be removed, like a mark or memory

is broader, covering things that cannot be removed or wiped out

I

inexpungeable

vsinexpungible

9.9

Not able to be removed or erased completely

is the same in meaning but spelled with a different ending

I

ineffaceable

vsinexpungible

9.9

Something you cannot remove or forget

emphasizes inability to be removed or wiped out physically as well

I

inextirpable

vsinexpungible

9.9

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

is about not being removable or erasable rather than only rooting out

I

ineliminable

vsinexpungible

9.9

Not possible to remove or avoid completely

stresses that it cannot be physically removed or erased instead

N

nonremovable

vsinexpungible

4.8

Cannot be taken out from where it is

covers both physical removal and erasure, not only fixed position

U

undetachable

vsinexpungible

6.8

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

refers more generally to inability to be erased or wiped out beyond attachment

U

undestroyable

vsinexpungible

8.2

Not able to be broken or damaged

focuses instead on not being removable, erasable, or wiped out

Antonyms

R

removable

20 3.3

Something you can take off or move to another place

E

erasable

1 2.8

Can be wiped off a surface with a cloth

How Removable

removable

20 3.3

temporary

557 3.0

persistent

• Specialized

3 4.9

inexpungible

9.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology