Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not capable of being retracted or of retracting, as a metal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not retractile.
- adjective rare Not tractile or ductile.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
retractile . - adjective Not
tractile orductile .
Etymologies
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ir- + retractile
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Examples
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Molly Ivins had an irretractile sense of progessive ideals and a whit that even Kurt Vonnegut would find exemplary.
Think Progress » Legendary columnist Molly Ivins, 62, dies. 2007
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