irreconcilable
incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
incapable of being made to acquiesce or compromise; implacably opposed: irreconcilable enemies.
a person or thing that is irreconcilable.
a person who is opposed to agreement or compromise.
Origin of irreconcilable
1Other words from irreconcilable
- ir·rec·on·cil·a·bil·i·ty, ir·rec·on·cil·a·ble·ness, noun
- ir·rec·on·cil·a·bly, adverb
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How to use irreconcilable in a sentence
Its “irreconcilable dichotomy” of wanting to connect people to advance society but also enrich its bottom line.
Therein lies what the authors say is Facebook’s ugly truth, its “possibly irreconcilable” dual goals of advancing society by connecting the world while also profiting off the people it is connecting.
Facebook’s strategy: Avert disaster, apologize and keep growing | Susan Benkelman | July 9, 2021 | Washington PostThe last bill, passed Thursday afternoon, would enable federal regulators to sue to break up large tech companies when their role as operator of a platform presents an “irreconcilable conflict of interest” in their other lines of business.
Big Tech antitrust bills pass first major hurdle in House even as opposition grows | Rachel Lerman | June 24, 2021 | Washington PostBecause we have returned to a normal relationship with Moscow — meaning we have harsh, and on some issues, irreconcilable differences but can imagine cooperating on some areas where we have overlapping vital interests.
This difference in views between Manchin and much of the rest of the party may be irreconcilable.
Why Joe Manchin Is So Willing And Able To Block His Party’s Goals | Perry Bacon Jr. (perry.bacon@fivethirtyeight.com) | March 31, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight
Many argue that Beijing and Moscow have differing interests, and indeed, some of them are irreconcilable.
Politics in my old Kentucky home has, for centuries, been awash in irreconcilable contradictions.
Obamacare Is Winning in Kentucky, Thanks to Steve Beshear | Jonathan Miller | October 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTUsher filed for divorce just three months later, citing irreconcilable differences.
Usher’s Feud With Tameka Foster Intensifies Over Son’s Near Drowning | Allison Samuels | August 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTaylor filed for divorce on July 15, citing irreconcilable differences.
Death of a ‘Real Housewives’ Husband | Kate Aurthur, Maria Elena Fernandez | August 17, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTTaylor Armstrong, 40, had filed for divorce in July, citing irreconcilable differences.
The Shocking ‘Housewives’ Suicide | Kate Aurthur, Maria Elena Fernandez | August 16, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTFar from us be all spirit of persecution which would only serve to render them irreconcilable.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)Every religion is but a system imagined for the purpose of reconciling irreconcilable ideas.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean MeslierSome of these excellences are indeed irreconcilable and exclude each other; most of them can only be combined by a compromise.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksYou remember how in his letters to Fontana he abuses Camille Pleyel in a manner irreconcilable with genuine love and esteem.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksThe sentiments which your father has expressed towards me, are of a nature irreconcilable with hostile purposes.
Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for irreconcilable
/ (ɪˈrɛkənˌsaɪləbəl, ɪˌrɛkənˈsaɪ-) /
not able to be reconciled; uncompromisingly conflicting; incompatible
a person or thing that is implacably hostile or uncompromisingly opposed
(usually plural) one of various principles, ideas, etc, that are incapable of being brought into agreement
Derived forms of irreconcilable
- irreconcilability or irreconcilableness, noun
- irreconcilably, adverb
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