OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 12855

indelible

/ɪnˈdɛləbl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
indeleble
Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
This ink spot on the contract is indelible.
This stain on my shirt is indelible.
indeleble
Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.
During our investigation it became clear that for three decades many other women had suffered at the hands of our abuser, but they had refused to testify against him because of the…
That horrible story just might make an indelible impression on the memory.
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