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irremovable

irremovable

7.2
Something you cannot get rid of
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪrəˈmuːvəbl/
translation icon : irremovible
  • The memories of that day were irremovable from her mind, haunting her for years.

Examples

  • Or the other one have or have additional irremovable taste buds in your anus?

  • He felt an irremovable sense of guilt after missing the important meeting.

  • OK, let's say we're all born with an irremovable tattoo on our head.

  • That year, there was an irremovable orange ring around her fingernails, and we fell in love.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • As we shall see, Keynes, following Freud, claims these are innate and hence irremovable.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The CFE conferees have discussed affixing irremovable identifying tags to aircraft.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The stain on the tablecloth was irremovable, no matter how much she scrubbed.

Synonyms

immovable
vsirremovable
11 4.4

Not able to be moved

extends beyond physical immobility to inability to remove or get rid of it
unmovable
vsirremovable
1 4.2

Not able to be changed or lifted from its place

is broader, applying also to things that cannot be dismissed or eliminated
ineradicable
vsirremovable
1 8.8

Not possible to remove completely

is closer to inability to dismiss or get rid of rather than pure destruction
unerasable
vsirremovable
1 7.1

Cannot be removed, like a mark or memory

is broader, applying to things that cannot be dismissed or taken away
ineliminable
vsirremovable
9.9

Not possible to remove or avoid completely

is the same idea but emphasizes inability to dismiss or free from use
inexpungible
vsirremovable
9.9

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

covers the same lasting quality but stresses general inability to get rid of it
inexpungeable
vsirremovable
9.9

Not able to be removed or erased completely

focuses more on being impossible to dismiss or free oneself from
ineffaceable
vsirremovable
9.9

Something you cannot remove or forget

is similar but emphasizes general impossibility of removal or getting rid of it
inextirpable
vsirremovable
9.9

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

is more general, focusing on not being able to dismiss or take away
nonremovable
vsirremovable
4.8

Cannot be taken out from where it is

includes that fixed quality but also covers abstract inability to dismiss
undetachable
vsirremovable
6.8

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

is wider in scope, covering inability to remove, dismiss, or get rid of it

Antonyms

20 3.3

Something you can take off or move to another place

How Removable

removable
20 3.3
replaceable
15 3.3
stable
473 2.3
secure
86 3.3
irremovable
7.2

Surface Forms

irremovable positive

Morphology

irremovable = removable (transparent) = ir + re + move + able

This is a regular negative-prefix formation from 'removable', and the meaning 'not removable' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Irremovable is made of simple parts: the ir- part means 'not' and remove means 'to take away', the same root as move. So irremovable means 'not able to be taken away', which is why it describes something you cannot dismiss or get rid of.