irreclaimable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- irreclaimability noun
- irreclaimableness noun
- irreclaimably adverb
Etymology
Origin of irreclaimable
First recorded in 1600–10; ir- 2 + reclaimable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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America lost 56,480 men in Viet Nam, the last irreclaimable body count.
From Time Magazine Archive
He understood that once Cully had slept in freedom for a whole night he would be wild again and irreclaimable.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
It is not his business to reform bad artists, who are probably quite irreclaimable.
From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Ransome, Arthur
I have a rooted obstinacy about me, perfectly irreclaimable.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Lever, Charles James
The conditions—the theatre-question generally—in this country are horrific and unspeakable—utter, and so far as I can see irreclaimable, barbarism reigns.
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry
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