inexterminable

English

Etymology

From Latin inexterminabilis. See in- (“not”) +‎ exterminable.

Adjective

inexterminable (comparative more inexterminable, superlative most inexterminable)

Impossible to exterminate.
Synonym: inexterminable
- 1803, Jacob Rush, Charges, and Extracts of Charges, on Moral and Religious Subjects:
  duelling has become a fashionable vice in our country, and it is therefore to be feared , inexterminable

References

“inexterminable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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