irreproducible

American  

[ih-ree-pruh-doo-suh-buhl, -dyoo-] / ɪˌri prəˈdu sə bəl, -ˈdyu- /

adjective

1. unable to be reproduced or recreated.

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Other Word Forms

• irreproducibility noun

Etymology

Origin of irreproducible

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2023

“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.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023

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.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2021

Many researchers say they now see social priming not so much as a way to sway people’s unconscious behaviour, but as an object lesson in how shaky statistical methods fooled scientists into publishing irreproducible results.

From Nature • Dec. 10, 2019

Of the 1950-1970 prosperity he says, as I have been argueing for some years too: �There is no compelling argument that this achievement was anomalous or irreproducible.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas