irredeemable

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

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.

Origin of irredeemable

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

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

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Contemporary Examples of irredeemably

The skateboarder is as irredeemably evil as the others are noble.
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Nathaniel Rich
December 29, 2014
If that theory is true Mohammad may have felt he had been humiliated and had irredeemably lost face.
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Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau
July 14, 2011
He describes him as irredeemably corrupt, not an appropriate partner for a pacification program, and cannot change.
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Samuel P. Jacobs
June 11, 2010
The average Italian presumes that the state is hopelessly inefficient and irredeemably corrupt in equal measure.
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Alex Massie
September 23, 2009

Historical Examples of irredeemably

Here was one half of the evidence in Lexman's favour gone, irredeemably.
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
Edgar Wallace
Do you mean that she could never be worthy of him—that she is irredeemably wicked?
Mount Royal, Volume 2 of 3
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The average is higher among them, and they are not so irredeemably uninteresting.
The Open Air
Richard Jefferies
It is only a complete absence of the moral faculty which is irredeemably bad.
Hours in a Library
Leslie Stephen
The opportunity to overtake the intruder was irredeemably past.
Kastle Krags
Absalom Martin

British Dictionary definitions for irredeemably

irredeemable

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 Formsirredeemability or irredeemableness, nounirredeemably, adverb

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Word Origin and History for irredeemably

irredeemable

adj.

c.1600, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + redeemable. Related: Irredeemably.