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Word of the Day - Inextricable

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inextricable

/ɪnˈɛkstrɪkəb(ə)l//ˌɪnɪkˈstrɪkəb(ə)l/
adjective
1 Impossible to disentangle or separate.
1.1 Impossible to escape from.

Origin
Mid 16th century: from Latin inextricabilis, from in- ‘not’ + extricare ‘unravel’ (see extricate).

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