inextricable

adj — 3 senses

inextricable

adj

/ˌɪnɪkˈstrɪkəbəl/ · /ˌɪnɛkˈstrɪkəbəl/

Etymology From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextricabilis.

1

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:
2

Of a problem Impossible to solve.

3

Of a maze etc Impossible from which to escape.

Derived terms
inextricableness, inextricably

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