irreclaimable
incapable of being reclaimed or rehabilitated: an irreclaimable swamp; irreclaimable offenders.
Origin of irreclaimable
1Other words from irreclaimable
- ir·re·claim·a·bil·i·ty, ir·re·claim·a·ble·ness, noun
- ir·re·claim·a·bly, adverb
Words Nearby irreclaimable
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How to use irreclaimable in a sentence
But I am an irreclaimable wanderer, and it is some time since I have been home.
The Half-Hearted | John BuchanIt is not his business to reform bad artists, who are probably quite irreclaimable.
Oscar Wilde | Arthur RansomeAnd the great majority of them, I fear, are even more irreclaimable than their comrades in other communities.
Tramping with Tramps | Josiah FlyntEvil surroundings weigh more in producing criminals than heredity, and their children are not irreclaimable.
The Whence and the Whither of Man | John Mason TylerTheir irregular shape also condemns them for the most part with the many admirable but irreclaimable crooked rugs.
The Oriental Rug | William D. Ellwanger
British Dictionary definitions for irreclaimable
/ (ˌɪrɪˈkleɪməbəl) /
not able to be reclaimed
Derived forms of irreclaimable
- irreclaimability or irreclaimableness, noun
- irreclaimably, adverb
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