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Definition of inextricable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inextricable

adjective
 
/ˌɪnɪkˈstrɪkəbl/,
 
/ɪnˈekstrɪkəbl/
 
/ˌɪnɪkˈstrɪkəbl/,
 
/ɪnˈekstrɪkəbl/
(formal)
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  1. too closely linked to be separated
    • Knowledge and economic power have become inextricable.
    • an inextricable connection between the past and the present
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInextricable is used with these nouns:
    • link
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin inextricabilis, from in- ‘not’ + extricare ‘unravel’ (from ex- ‘out’ + tricae ‘perplexities’).
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