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unalienable

[uhn-eyl-yuh-nuh-buhl, -ey-lee-uh-] / ʌnˈeɪl yə nə bəl, -ˈeɪ li ə- /
ADJECTIVE
inherent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
built-in constitutional deep-rooted deep-seated essential fundamental genetic implicit ingrained innate instinctive internal intrinsic latent natural
WEAK
characteristic congenital connate distinctive elementary fixed immanent in the grain inborn inbred inbuilt indigenous indispensable individual indwelling inherited inner integral integrated intimate inward native original part-and-parcel resident running in the family subjective
Antonyms
STRONGEST
acquired auxiliary extra extrinsic learned minor secondary superficial unimportant
WEAK
added external incidental

Example Sentences

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The one unalienable truth about his job is that winning is everything, no matter how it happens.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

"The United States remains committed to the Declaration of Independence's recognition that all men are endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable rights," a senior State Department official said on customary condition of anonymity.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

Our revolution was based on a democracy where conceptually all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2024

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2023

Imagine an assembly composed largely, like himself, of slave-owners, saying 'that all men were created equal, and were given by God an unalienable right to liberty.'

From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

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