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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Impossible to uproot or destroy; ineradicable.

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  • adjective rare Incapable of being rooted out or eradicated.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Medieval Latin irrādīcābilis : Latin in-, not; see in– + Latin rādīx, rādīc-, root; see eradicate.]

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