inalienable
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yə adjective
not alienable; not transferable to another or capable of being repudiated: inalienable rights.
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inalienable (ɪnˈeɪljənəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| not able to be transferred to another; not alienable: the inalienable rights of the citizen | |
| inaliena'bility | |
| —n | |
| in'alienableness | |
| —n | |
| in'alienably | |
| —adv | |
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Inalienable
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example sentences
Caricaturists, whose pen is meaner than the sword, are supposed to believe that cruelty is an inalienable right.
We are a nation run by laws, enshrined in these laws are inalienable rights.
And if rights are inalienable, they exist whether the patient is aware of them or not.
The rights to hold periodic free elections and to participate in them as a citizen are inalienable.
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