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   inseparable

   /ɪnˈsɛp(ə)rəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. unable to be separated or treated separately: "research and higher education seem inseparable" Similar indivisibleindissolubleinextricableentangledravelledmixed upimpossible to separatethe sameone and the same
   • ▪ (of people) unwilling to be separated; very close: "they met 18 months ago and have been inseparable ever since" Similar devotedbosomclosefastfirmgoodbestintimateconfidentialboonconstantloyalfaithfulinformal:as thick as thieves
   • 2. (of a prefix) not used as a separate word or (in German) not separated from the base verb when inflected.
   • ▪ (of a German verb) consisting of a prefix and a base verb which are not separated when inflected, for example wiederholen.

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing inseparable from another.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin inseparabilis, from in- ‘not’ + separabilis (see separable).

   Derivatives

   • 1. inseparability noun
   • 2. inseparably adverb

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