irredeemable

[ ir-i-dee-muh-buh l ]

/ ˌɪr ɪˈdi mə bəl /

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adjective

not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.

irremediable; irreparable; hopeless.

beyond redemption; irreclaimable.

(of paper money) not convertible into gold or silver.

Nearby words

irrebuttable, irreclaimable, irreconcilable, irrecoverable, irrecusable, irredeemable, irredenta, irredentism, irredentist, irreducible, irreducible hernia

Origin of irredeemable

First recorded in 1600–10; ir-² + redeemable

Related forms

ir·re·deem·a·bil·i·ty, ir·re·deem·a·ble·ness, nounir·re·deem·a·bly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for irredeemable

It is only irredeemable paper—irredeemable in whole or in part,—that ever appears to inflate prices, relatively to gold.
A New Banking System|Lysander Spooner
The details of the illustration, which are all duly elucidated in the explanation, are those of abject and irredeemable ruin.
Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2)|Wiliam Cabell Bruce
We are to-day flooding the country with an irredeemable currency.
A Military Genius|Sarah Ellen Blackwell
It might be irredeemable Greenbacks, fixed in quantity by law, or even dodo-bones!
The Value of Money|Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

But this irredeemable and final disaster is surely incredible.
Graham of Claverhouse|Ian Maclaren

British Dictionary definitions for irredeemable

irredeemable

/ (ˌɪrɪˈdiːməbəl) /

adjective

(of bonds, debentures, shares, etc) without a date of redemption of capital; incapable of being bought back directly or paid off

(of paper money) not convertible into specie

(of a sinner) not able to be saved or reformed

(of a loss) not able to be recovered; irretrievable

not able to be improved or rectified; irreparable

Derived Forms

irredeemability or irredeemableness, nounirredeemably, adverb

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