irredeemable
- 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
Examples from the Web for irredeemably
Contemporary Examples of irredeemably
The skateboarder is as irredeemably evil as the others are noble.
If that theory is true Mohammad may have felt he had been humiliated and had irredeemably lost face.
He describes him as irredeemably corrupt, not an appropriate partner for a pacification program, and cannot change.
The average Italian presumes that the state is hopelessly inefficient and irredeemably corrupt in equal measure.
Historical Examples of irredeemably
Here was one half of the evidence in Lexman's favour gone, irredeemably.
The Clue of the Twisted CandleEdgar Wallace
Do you mean that she could never be worthy of him—that she is irredeemably wicked?
Mount Royal, Volume 2 of 3Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The average is higher among them, and they are not so irredeemably uninteresting.
The Open AirRichard Jefferies
It is only a complete absence of the moral faculty which is irredeemably bad.
Hours in a LibraryLeslie Stephen
The opportunity to overtake the intruder was irredeemably past.
Kastle KragsAbsalom Martin
irredeemable
- (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
Word Origin and History for irredeemably
irredeemable
c.1600, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + redeemable. Related: Irredeemably.