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inexpugnable

/ˌɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəbəl/

inexpugnable adjective: impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.

Adjective

inexpugnable (comparative more inexpugnable, superlative most inexpugnable)

  1. Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
    • My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering.1840, Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship
    • It crept into one's mind, a distress as vague and inexpugnable as a sea fog on a spring morning, and presently one shivered and wanted to go indoors...1911, H. G. Wells, The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories

inexpugnable meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Arabic

inexpugnable in Tamil

வெல்லுதற்கரிய, தாக்கிக் கைப்பற்ற முடியாத

inexpugnable in Kannada

ಅಭೇದ್ಯ, ಅಜೇಯ, ಬಲ ಪ್ರಯೋಗದಿಂದ ವಶಪಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗದ

inexpugnable in Arabic

impregnable, unconquerable
مَنِيع manīʕ

Examples of inexpugnable in a sentence

  • This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other."1915, Joseph Conrad, Victory:
  • For the sake of its own success it must possess a clearly defined doctrine or body of inexpugnable dogma, binding upon its members.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon...

Forms of inexpugnable

comparativemore inexpugnable
superlativemost inexpugnable

Origin of inexpugnable

Learned borrowing from Latin inexpugnābilis. Morphologically, from in- + expugn + -able.

Words formed from inexpugnable

Questions about inexpugnable

What does inexpugnable mean?
Inexpugnable means impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
What is inexpugnable in Tamil?
Inexpugnable in Tamil is வெல்லுதற்கரிய, தாக்கிக் கைப்பற்ற முடியாத. See Inexpugnable meaning in Tamil.
How do you use inexpugnable in a sentence?
This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other."
What part of speech is inexpugnable?
Inexpugnable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce inexpugnable?
Inexpugnable is pronounced /ˌɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəbəl/.

Words near inexpugnable in the dictionary

  1. inexpressive
  2. inexpressively
  3. inexpressiveness
  4. inexpressivity
  5. inexpugnability
  6. inexpugnable
  7. inexpugnableness
  8. inexpugnably
  9. inexpungable
  10. inexpungeable
  11. inexpungible

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inexpugnable (page history and authors); inexpugnable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inexpugnable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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