INSEPARABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inseparable mean? 

• INSEPARABLE (adjective)
  The adjective INSEPARABLE has 1 sense:

1. not capable of being separated

  Familiarity information: INSEPARABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSEPARABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not capable of being separated

Context example:

inseparable pieces of rock

Similar:

indivisible (impossible of undergoing division)

 Context examples 

Sarah avoided me now, but she and Mary were just inseparable.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The clinical condition in which any part of the placenta invades and is inseparable from the uterine wall.

(Placenta Accreta, NCI Thesaurus)

Wherever Agnes was, some agreeable token of her noiseless presence seemed inseparable from the place.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The two friends, with hearts now more united than ever, were inseparable for the day; and in schemes of sisterly happiness the hours flew along.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

His father, Elmo, a huge St. Bernard, had been the Judge’s inseparable companion, and Buck bid fair to follow in the way of his father.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

On the 8th of January Utterson had dined at the doctor’s with a small party; Lanyon had been there; and the face of the host had looked from one to the other as in the old days when the trio were inseparable friends.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

It was long before Fanny could recover from the agitating happiness of such an hour as was formed by the last thirty minutes of expectation, and the first of fruition; it was some time even before her happiness could be said to make her happy, before the disappointment inseparable from the alteration of person had vanished, and she could see in him the same William as before, and talk to him, as her heart had been yearning to do through many a past year.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Strange to say, that quiet influence which was inseparable in my mind from Agnes, seemed to pervade even the city where she dwelt.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It became a part of my life, and as inseparable from my life as my own head.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Some unhappy cause of separation. A secret. It may be inseparable from the discrepancy in their years. It may have grown up out of almost nothing.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)