inexpungible
- adjective
- /ˌɪnɪkˈspʌndʒəbl/
- Her love for art was inexpungible; it remained with her even during difficult times.
Examples
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(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.
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The truths in history are often inexpungible, etched into the fabric of our understanding.
Synonyms
Not able to be removed, erased, or forgotten
Not able to be destroyed and lasting forever
Not possible to remove completely
Cannot be removed, like a mark or memory
Not able to be removed or erased completely
Something you cannot remove or forget
Too hard to get rid of completely, like deep roots that keep growing
Not possible to remove or avoid completely
Cannot be taken out from where it is
Not able to be separated from the thing it is attached to
Not able to be broken or damaged
Antonyms
How Removable
Surface Forms
Morphology
inexpungible = expungible (transparent) = in + expunge + ible
Given knowledge of 'expungible', the prefix 'in-' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'not able to be erased or removed'.
Etymology
Inexpungible comes from the prefix in- meaning 'not' and the verb expunge meaning 'erase'. So inexpungible describes something that cannot be erased or removed, like a mark or memory that stays forever.