inextricable

Etymology

From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextricabilis.

adj

  1. (of a knot etc) Impossible to untie or disentangle.
    And when it comes to far-right anti-Semitism, hatred of Jews is inextricable from opposition to socialism. 2020, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward
  2. (of a problem) Impossible to solve.
  3. (of a maze etc) Impossible to escape from.

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