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

Those words were echoed in Article 1 of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780, which begins “All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2022

Religion is love of God and love of man: surely, all of that, under any form, Catholic or Quaker, is in favor of the unalienable rights of man.

From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Parker, Theodore

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