irredeemable
Americanadjective
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not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.
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irremediable; irreparable; hopeless.
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beyond redemption; irreclaimable.
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(of paper money) not convertible into gold or silver.
adjective
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(of bonds, debentures, shares, etc) without a date of redemption of capital; incapable of being bought back directly or paid off
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(of paper money) not convertible into specie
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(of a sinner) not able to be saved or reformed
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(of a loss) not able to be recovered; irretrievable
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not able to be improved or rectified; irreparable
Other Word Forms
- irredeemability noun
- irredeemableness noun
- irredeemably adverb
Etymology
Origin of irredeemable
First recorded in 1600–10; ir- 2 + redeemable
Example Sentences
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Breathless pronouncements that things have changed irredeemably and it's now multi-party politics forever have been made and proven wrong before.
From BBC
For a novel like “The Rules of Attraction” to translate on screen, the viewer has to believe that its protagonist is not irredeemable.
From Salon
It highlighted societal changes in Saudi Arabia that allowed edgy American comedians to perform in a country long dismissed as irredeemably puritanical and regressive.
Rowling saw an irredeemable villain in Draco Malfoy, thousands of people saw an abused child who had grown up in a dangerous household and was trying to survive.
From Los Angeles Times
They’re relatives and friends and community members, the thinking goes, not irredeemable monsters.
From Los Angeles Times
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