irreproducible
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of irreproducible
First recorded in 1865–70; ir- 2 + reproducible ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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
They wrote: “In the absence of reliable evidence, decision-making often becomes arbitrary, inconsistent and irreproducible, which threatens the integrity of anti-doping decision-making, the due process rights of athletes and the sustainability of anti-doping efforts.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2019
You have either suffered a disorganization of irreproducible membranes, or you have deposited so much improper material in your tissue that your life is not consistent with the protracted pain of removing it.
From The Opium Habit by Day, Horace B.
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