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Inalienable Pronunciation
Inalienable is pronounced i-NAY-lyuh-nuh-buhl, IPA /ˌɪˈneɪljənəbəl/.
i-NAY-lyuh-nuh-buhl
US /ˌɪˈneɪljənəbəl/ · UK /ɪˈneɪliənəbəl/
Syllables: i · NAY · lyuh · nuh · buhl (5 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Unable to be taken away or given up, used especially of rights.
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Inalienable in a Sentence
- The declaration calls these rights inalienable.
- An inalienable claim passes to the heirs.
- He treated privacy as inalienable.
Common Mispronunciations of Inalienable
Not in-AY-lee-uh-nuh-buhl
The lien runs together as lyuh, one beat rather than two, so the word has five in all.
Not i-nuh-LEE-uh-nuh-buhl
The force lands on NAY, the second beat, as it does in the related word alien.
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