irreformable

American  

[ir-i-fawr-muh-buhl] / ˌɪr ɪˈfɔr mə bəl /

adjective

1. insusceptible to reforming influences; incorrigible.

2. not subject to improvement; final; perfect.

   irreformable doctrine.

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Etymology

Origin of irreformable

First recorded in 1600–10; ir- ² + reform ( def. ) + -able

Example Sentences

Then I imagined their recognising with a blush and a shrug that she was unteachable, irreformable.

From Greville Fane by James, Henry

And this is the sense in which Tertullian and others emphasize that the rule of faith is "one, immovable, and irreformable."

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

In reality the Pope was only the first among equals, empowered no doubt to carry on the administration of the Church, but incapable of making laws or irreformable decrees on faith or morals.

From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 by MacCaffrey, James

At best these formularies were only the works of men who rejected the authority of the Church, and as works of men they could not be regarded as irreformable.

From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 by MacCaffrey, James