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   inconsolable

   /ˌɪnkənˈsəʊləbl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or their grief) not able to be comforted or alleviated: "his widow, Jane, was inconsolable"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, or from Latin inconsolabilis, from in- ‘not’ + consolabilis ‘able to be consoled’, from the verb consolari (see console1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. inconsolability noun
   • 2. inconsolably adverb

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