unstemmable
Impossible to check
Unstemmable describes something that cannot be stopped or held back, like a flow too powerful to dam.
The word applies to things that resist containment: unstemmable bleeding, an unstemmable tide of refugees, unstemmable enthusiasm.
From stem in its sense of checking or restraining a flow.
Impossible to eliminate
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
- ingrainedFirmly established by habit
- deep-seatedFirmly established within
- immovableIncapable of being shifted
persistent · stubborn · rooted · fixed · intractable · permanent · unyielding · steadfast
Study of structural forms
- inflectionWord form alteration
- affixWord-part modifier
- suffixWord-ending addition
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
root · lemma · derivation · irregular · morpheme · tokenization · NLP · parsing
Main descending root
- rhizomeHorizontal underground plant stem
- tuberUnderground nutrient reservoir
- bulbRounded storage organ
- cormBulblike underground stem base
perennial · rootbound · established · deep-rooted · woody · fibrous · transplant · cutting
ineradicable
Impossible to eliminate
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
- ingrainedFirmly established by habit
- deep-seatedFirmly established within
immovable · persistent · stubborn · rooted · fixed · intractable · permanent · unyielding · steadfast · unshakeable
morphology
Study of structural forms
- inflectionWord form alteration
- affixWord-part modifier
- suffixWord-ending addition
prefix · root · lemma · derivation · irregular · morpheme · tokenization · NLP · parsing · lexeme
taproot
Main descending root
- rhizomeHorizontal underground plant stem
- tuberUnderground nutrient reservoir
- bulbRounded storage organ
corm · perennial · rootbound · established · deep-rooted · woody · fibrous · transplant · cutting · propagation