indefeasible

adjective

Definition of indefeasiblenext
as in indestructible

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indefeasible
  1. indestructible
  2. permanent
  3. indissoluble
  4. eternal
  5. indelible
  6. deathless
  7. imperishable
  8. immortal
Adjective
  • Lately, Klassen has brought those anthropomorphic gifts to board books, those indestructible literary objects that are larger than a cellphone and smaller than a tablet and far better than either for your child’s attention span, mood, and gums.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
  • In France’s opening game, Senegal demonstrated that the tournament favourites are far from indestructible and probably should have gone in ahead at half-time.
    — Elias Burke, New York Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of indestructible
Adjective
  • The Athletic reported on Monday that Everton were progressing in talks to sign George on a permanent deal.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Authorities said 6,462 people have been rescued while 15,050 remain without permanent housing after losing their homes.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
Definition of permanent
Adjective
  • The love trial ended in mutual frustration, but their bond was indissoluble.
    — Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • But Céline’s reputation is indissoluble from his strange political fate.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 15 June 2022
Definition of indissoluble
Adjective
  • If so, is even that level enough to beat his eternal rival, Pogačar?
    — Torrey Hart, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • All that is simply the evidence of the novel’s global reach and its timelessness – or put another way, its eternal cultural relevance – at work.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of eternal
Adjective
  • Her kindness, warmth, and infectious smile left an indelible mark on all who knew her.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • George Washington, this nation’s first general, its inaugural president, the eponym of its capital city, left one of his most indelible marks on America from afar.
    — Lonnie G. Bunch III, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
Definition of indelible
Adjective
  • There is the deathless debate around the compatibility — or otherwise — of winning and entertaining.
    — The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Brides finds Sally Bishop (Cooke) and her husband on a trip to Northern Italy in 1961, where they get stranded at a remote villa run by the enigmatic Vova (Lawtey), who presides over a household of beautiful, deathless women (Turner-Smith, Prettejohn) and their caretaker (Gorman).
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Definition of deathless
Adjective
  • Between July 2, 1935, and February 10, 1942, Holiday, backed by Teddy Wilson and his band, logged twenty-one studio sessions, yielding around seventy imperishable songs.
    — Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Published a century ago, the poet’s secular meditation on the Christian sabbath considers the human longing for ‘some imperishable bliss’ amid a culture of waning religiosity.
    — Daniel Akst, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023
Definition of imperishable
Adjective
  • Bond villain Hugo Drax) imagines a vast, floating city suspended in darkness, inhabited by immortal beings who, out of boredom, begin tinkering with the construct of time.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
  • Lobo As the cigar-smoking, alien, bounty hunter who teams up with Supergirl, Lobo possesses immense strength and is essentially immortal, having lived for hundreds of years.
    — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Definition of immortal
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