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uneffaceable

uneffaceable adjective: impossible to efface; permanent.

Adjective

uneffaceable (comparative more uneffaceable, superlative most uneffaceable)

  1. Impossible to efface; permanent.
    • How could the events of a few hours wear such deep and uneffaceable channels in human lives?1873, Julian Hawthorne, Bressant
    • The emotion remains uneffaceable after more than threescore years, one of the most vivid of my life.1901, William James Stillman, The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I

Forms of uneffaceable

comparativemore uneffaceable
superlativemost uneffaceable

Origin of uneffaceable

From un- + effaceable.

Words formed from uneffaceable

Questions about uneffaceable

What does uneffaceable mean?
Uneffaceable means impossible to efface; permanent.
What part of speech is uneffaceable?
Uneffaceable is an adjective.

Words near uneffaceable in the dictionary

  1. uneducating
  2. uneducation
  3. uneducative
  4. uneduced
  5. UNEF
  6. uneffaceable
  7. uneffaceably
  8. uneffaced
  9. uneffected
  10. uneffective
  11. uneffectual

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