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ineradicable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N ER0 AE1 D AH0 K AH2 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not able to be eradicated; (of a root, plant, etc.) too deep to remove.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

not able to be destroyed or rooted out

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • ineradicable superstitions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: eradicable

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English eradicable English ineradicable From in- + eradicable.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 不能根除的 (bùnéng gēnchú de) — incapable of being eradicated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 根深蒂固的 (gēnshēndìgù de) — incapable of being eradicated
  • Estonian: kaasatud — incapable of being eradicated
  • French: inéradicable — incapable of being eradicated
  • German: unausrottbar — incapable of being eradicated
  • Greek: ανεκρίζωτος (anekrízotos) — incapable of being eradicated
  • Hungarian: kiirthatatlan — incapable of being eradicated
  • Japanese: 根深い (nebukai) — incapable of being eradicated
  • Japanese: 根強い (neduyoi) — incapable of being eradicated
  • Occitan: ineradicable — incapable of being eradicated
  • Occitan: ineradicabla — incapable of being eradicated
  • Polish: niemożliwy do wykorzenienia — incapable of being eradicated
  • Portuguese: inerradicável — incapable of being eradicated
  • Spanish: inerradicable — incapable of being eradicated
  • Ukrainian: невикорі́нний (nevykorínnyj) — incapable of being eradicated