irreducible
adjective
not reducible; incapable of being reduced or of being diminished or simplified further.
irreducibly
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a word derived from
irreducible.
Example Sentences
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And while such daily interactions are reduced to thumbs slipping over greasy rectangles of glass, pinball is irreducibly concrete: physics and mechanics turned into dazzling entertainment, a silvery dance with gravity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
And finally, the theological disagreements that his cult posed to Judaism and Christianity are irreducibly complex.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2022
“That doesn’t wipe away the irreducibly difficult choices that have to be made in terms of what do you do with friendly autocrats,” Mr. Fontaine said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
Some have dismissed the play as being thin to the point of evanescent, but that may be because it doesn’t satisfy the insatiable biographical hunger for answers that these irreducibly complex figures provoke.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2019
Something irreducibly human, or male, threatened the order of their household, and Briony knew that unless she helped her sister, they would all suffer.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
