as in static
incapable of moving or being moved
the driveway had to be built to curve around an irremovable tree
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Recent Examples of irremovable
And yet Payton’s sheer confidence — teetering into arrogance — formed an irremovable piece of his identity as a Super Bowl-winning offensive mind in New Orleans.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in his dissent in Myers v. United States in 1925 would have required even postmasters to be confirmable and even irremovable by the president.
—George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
Impeachment is an irremovable stain on any presidency, and Trump knows it.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Dec. 2019
Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in his dissent in Myers v. United States in 1925 would have required even postmasters to be confirmable and even irremovable by the president.
—George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
Impeachment is an irremovable stain on any presidency, and Trump knows it.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irremovable
Adjective
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In the encyclopedia era, information was static and curated.—
Bruce Broussard,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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This is not a static business model.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That leaves it either structurally immovable or movable only at great — likely five-figure — expense.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Golfweek's Beth Ann Nichols reported that the pool is considered to be a temporary immovable obstruction (TIO), which is governed by a Local Rule.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Just weeks ago, Orbán had seemed practically inevitable, an unmovable facet of Hungarian politics.—
New York Daily News,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2026
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Just weeks ago, Orbán had seemed practically inevitable, an unmovable facet of Hungarian politics.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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At the sweet sound of the final whistle, Martin Odegaard rolled onto the turf and lay there motionless.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Video from the scene showed Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters using a jack to raise the wreckage of a car off a motionless person and check for vital signs.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Also on display at Greene Naftali are a number of his immobile fabric figures and abstract line drawings.—
Dawn Chan,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Searching for immobile subjects involves moving slowly and stopping to look around you (including behind, below and above).—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Even if those issues could be addressed, the tax base would not remain fixed.—
Martha E. Stark,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Moments of humor sit alongside lamentation and ritual intensity, underscoring the exhibition’s refusal of a single, fixed reading.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In the still-life composition, a cheeky visual lesson on the collision and convergence of cultures, the jar holds flowers, cactus and edible Mexican treats influenced by Chinese and Filipino flavors.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Simply substitute the still wine for Champagne or another sparkling option.—
Jerry & Krista Slater,
AJC.com,
12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Kafka—who was from Prague, just over a hundred miles from here—stuck humans into impossible situations in his novels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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His new album, Sd-3, gets it nice and stuck.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Irremovable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irremovable. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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