inseparable

/inˈsɛ.p(ə).ɹə.bl/

INSƐ · p(ə) · ɹə · bl (4 syllables)

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Definition

Unable to be separated; bound together permanently.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French inséparable, from Latin īnsēparābilis. Constructed as in- + separable.

Example Sentences

  • "People of unalterable ideas still insisted upon calling him "Sergeant" when they met him, which was in some degree owing to his having still retained the well-shaped moustache of his military days, and the soldierly bearing inseparable from his form."
  • "In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […] and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity."
  • "=This detail is one of the reasons which made a single, modern signalbox and the marshalling yard inseparable features in the modernisation of the Perth facilities. A central control point rather than 13 individual boxes, was essential to integrate with other movements the greatly increased flow of freight traffic through the station area."
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