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   inextricable

   /ˌɪnɪkˈstrɪkəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. impossible to disentangle or separate: "the past and the present are inextricable" Similar inseparableimpossible to separateindivisibleentangledtangledravelledmixed upconfused
   • ▪ impossible to escape from: "an inextricable situation" Similar inescapableimpossible to escape fromunavoidableunpreventable

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin inextricabilis, from in- ‘not’ + extricare ‘unravel’ (see extricate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. inextricability noun

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