irreconcilable
adjective
incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible.
irreconcilability
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a word derived from
irreconcilable.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps more compelling than either, Ross suggests, is the irreconcilability of the problem.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2020
To understand the irreconcilability of these two impulses, consider a helmet-cam video two years ago of a fireman in Fresno, Calif., saving a kitten trapped inside a smoke-filled home.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2015
In other words, by embracing the irreconcilability of novel and stage, smashing the two together awkwardly, Gatz sheds light on both.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2010
It is this innate irreconcilability of pitch that, through the centuries, has driven men mad.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2010
This paradox demonstrates the irreconcilability of theoretical ethics and industrial need.
From War of the Classes by Jack London
