Meanings
adjectiveunerasable (comparative more unerasable, superlative most unerasable)
comparative more unerasable · superlative most unerasable
- That cannot be erased; indelible.
He hesitated at first to read it – as if he feared that what he would read on the screen would remain for eternity unerasable.
2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 66Synonyms: indelible · Antonyms: erasable, unrecordable
Synonyms & antonyms
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adjectivecannot be removed or erased
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Italic*razdō
- Latinradō
- Latinērādō
- Latinērāsus
- Englisherase
- Englishunerasable
Translations
Catalan inesborrable
- inesborrablethat cannot be erased
Dutch onuitwisbaar
- onuitwisbaarthat cannot be erased
French ineffaçable
- ineffaçablethat cannot be erased
German unlöschbar
- unlöschbarthat cannot be erased
Japanese 消せない, 消去できない
- 消せない (kesenai)that cannot be erased
- 消去できない (shōkyo dekinai)that cannot be erased
Polish nieusuwalny
- nieusuwalnythat cannot be erased
Spanish indeleble, imborrable
- indeleblethat cannot be erased
- imborrablethat cannot be erased
Cite this entry
APA
unerasable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unerasable
MLA
“unerasable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unerasable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unerasable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unerasable.
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