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

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

But her taping of everything created an irreproducible archive that is enlightening and the stuff of madness.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2019

The stomach itself, in its most irreproducible tissue, had undergone a partial but permanent disorganization.

From The Opium Habit by Day, Horace B.