irreformable
Americanadjective
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insusceptible to reforming influences; incorrigible.
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not subject to improvement; final; perfect.
irreformable doctrine.
Etymology
Origin of irreformable
First recorded in 1600–10; ir- 2 + reform ( def. ) + -able
Example Sentences
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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
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
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)
Then I imagined their recognising with a blush and a shrug that she was unteachable, irreformable.
From Greville Fane by James, Henry
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