inextricable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪnɛkˈstrɪkəbəl/
- /ˌɪnɪkˈstrɪkəbəl/
- /ɪnˈɛkstrɪkəbəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextricabilis.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of a knot etc) Impossible to untie or disentangle.
And when it comes to far-right anti-Semitism, hatred of Jews is inextricable from opposition to socialism.
2020, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward:
- (not-comparable, of a problem) Impossible to solve.
- (not-comparable, of a maze etc) Impossible from which to escape.
Antonyms
Deriveds
inextricably · inextricableness
Translations (24)
ru не распутывающийся (impossible to untie or disentangle) · bg неразвръзваем (impossible to untie or disentangle) · sv omöjlig att komma ur (impossible to escape from) · it inestricabile (impossible to untie or disentangle) · la inextricabilis (impossible to untie or disentangle) · bg безизходен (impossible to escape from) · fr inextricable (impossible to untie or disentangle) · fr inextricable (impossible to escape from) · cs neoddělitelný (impossible to untie or disentangle) · ru безнадёжно запутанный (impossible to untie or disentangle) · bg заплетен (impossible to untie or disentangle) · cs neoddělitelně propojený (impossible to untie or disentangle) · sv olöslig (impossible to solve) · ru безвыходный (impossible to escape from) · de unlösbar (impossible to solve) · es inextricable (impossible to untie or disentangle) · ru неразрешимый (impossible to solve) · ca inextricable (impossible to untie or disentangle) · cs neřešitelný (impossible to solve) · bg неразрешим (impossible to solve) · de unentwirrbar (impossible to untie or disentangle) · de unablösbar (impossible to untie or disentangle) · cs nerozpletitelný (impossible to untie or disentangle) · de unentrinnbar (impossible to escape from)