Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Impossible to separate or part.
- adjective Very closely associated; constant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined; not to be parted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined.
- adjective (Gram.) Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not able to be
separated . Bound togetherpermanently .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not capable of being separated
Etymologies
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Examples
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Other than that you are a MacMurrough and as such bear a name inseparable from our country’s cause.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Other than that you are a MacMurrough and as such bear a name inseparable from our country’s cause.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Fourth, mayor sent word to Belgrade citizens that they are not obliged to express publicly something from their private lives (the European Court for Human Rights confirmed in a few verdicts that the private is inseparable from the public).
Global Voices in English » Serbia: Threats to LGBT Population 2009
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A better understanding of technology would instead assume that we are ultimately inseparable from the tools we use
Adam Elkus: Beyond Twitter Revolutions and False Choices Adam Elkus 2010
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Kij: Nice to see Dream-Quest receive such prominence with that fantastic Gervasio Gallardo cover, inseparable from the contents thanks to childhood associations very similar to yours.
MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves 2009
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But if you see black identity as you see southern identity, or Irish identity, or Italian identity — not as a separate trunk, but as a branch of the American tree, with roots in the broader experience — then you understand that the particulars of black culture are inseparable from the particulars of the country.
American Girl 2009
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Of course watching Google become a residue on the web itself, imbuing its colorful primaries on HTTP, as a lichen seduces a redwood, becoming inseparable from the host, also suggests a more organic approach to business as usual.
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A better understanding of technology would instead assume that we are ultimately inseparable from the tools we use.
Adam Elkus: Beyond Twitter Revolutions and False Choices Adam Elkus 2010
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The middle class is inseparable from the American Dream.
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Great SF stories are inseparable from the science in them.
MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 3) 2009
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