irreproducible

[ih-ree-pruh-doo-suh-buhl, -dyoo-]

adjective

1. unable to be reproduced or recreated.

Other Word Forms

• irreproducibility noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of irreproducible¹

First recorded in 1865–70; ir- ² + reproducible ( def. )

Example Sentences

In his weird and luscious signature song, Wright captured something indelible and irreproducible — a vision of tomorrow haunted by the memory of yesterday.

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“Back to the Future: The Musical,” based on the first of the time-travel films in the billion-dollar franchise, faces an additional hurdle: It hinges on a star performance that would seem to be irreproducible onstage.

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Yet Watts’ crisply reliable beat kept them sounding vital — an irreproducible blend of chaos and beauty.

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And money spent on invalid science is money wasted: one study puts the cost of irreproducible medical research in the U.S. alone at $28 billion a year.

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But the data they produced were often wildly inconclusive, prone to varied interpretations and acquired from shifting, irreproducible perspectives.

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