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

The latest scandal indicates that the bank “may be irreformable,” Vatican journalist Thavis writes.

From BusinessWeek

Irreformable, ir-re-for′ma-bl, adj. not reformable, not subject to revision or improvement.

From Project Gutenberg

The Old Luptonian no more thinks of arguing a question than does the Holy Father, and his conversation is a series of irreformable dogmas, and the captious person who questions any one article is made to feel himself a cad and an outsider.

From Project Gutenberg

When, therefore, Tertullian and other ancient writers declare that the rule of faith received from the apostles is "altogether one, immovable, and irreformable," they do not at all mean to say that the phraseology of this symbol was alike everywhere, and that in this respect no changes whatever had been made, nor that any clauses had been added.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg