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irredeemable

[ir-i-dee-muh-buh l]
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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.

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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

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Historical Examples of irredeemably

  • Here was one half of the evidence in Lexman's favour gone, irredeemably.

  • Do you mean that she could never be worthy of him—that she is irredeemably wicked?

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  • The average is higher among them, and they are not so irredeemably uninteresting.

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  • It is only a complete absence of the moral faculty which is irredeemably bad.

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  • The opportunity to overtake the intruder was irredeemably past.

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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for irredeemably

irredeemable

adj.

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper