ineradicable
Impossible to remove
Ineradicable means impossible to remove, destroy, or eliminate completely.
The word applies to things so deeply rooted they resist all attempts at eradication: an ineradicable stain on the carpet, ineradicable prejudices, an ineradicable memory from childhood.
What is ineradicable has become permanent, whether welcome or not.
Lasting surface discoloration
- scarPermanent mark from healing
- tattooPermanent dermal design
- blemishVisible flaw or mark
- taintMake impure
stigma · brand · imprint · trace · residue · vestige · legacy · impression
Cannot be undone
- irreparableCannot be fixed
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
- fixedRestored or immovable
lasting · enduring · eternal · perpetual · everlasting · indelible · indestructible · imperishable
Firmly established by habit
- deep-rootedFirmly and long established
- innateExisting since birth
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
- inbornExisting from birth
constitutional · fundamental · integral · embedded · built-in · hardwired · endemic · entrenched
Refusing to change course
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
dogged · intractable · unshakeable · immovable · resistant · refractory · recalcitrant · incurable
stain
Lasting surface discoloration
taint · stigma · brand · imprint · trace · residue · vestige · legacy · impression · mark
irreversible
Cannot be undone
- irreparableCannot be fixed
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
fixed · lasting · enduring · eternal · perpetual · everlasting · indelible · indestructible · imperishable · unalterable
ingrained
Firmly established by habit
- deep-rootedFirmly and long established
- innateExisting since birth
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
inborn · constitutional · fundamental · integral · embedded · built-in · hardwired · endemic · entrenched · implanted
stubborn
Refusing to change course
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
- relentlessContinuing without pause
unyielding · dogged · intractable · unshakeable · immovable · resistant · refractory · recalcitrant · incurable · chronic
- deeply rootedingrained, entrenched, deep-seated, rooted, embedded
ineradicableeradicable
Capable of total removal
removable · erasable · effaceable · obliterable · delible
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