inseparable

 
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛp(ə)rəb(ə)l/

adjective

  • 1unable to be separated or treated separately: research and higher education seem inseparable
  • (of people) unwilling to be separated; very close: they met 18 months ago and have been inseparable ever since
  • 2 Grammar (of a prefix) not used as a separate word or (in German) not separated from the base verb when inflected.
  • (of a German verb) consisting of a prefix and a base verb which are not separated when inflected, for example wiederholen.

noun

  • a person or thing inseparable from another.

Derivatives

inseparability

Pronunciation: /-ˈbɪlɪti/
noun

inseparably

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin inseparabilis, from in- 'not' + separabilis (see separable)