beyond/past redemption

phrase

1

: too bad to be corrected or improved

The situation is beyond/past redemption.

2

: incapable of being saved from sin or evil

bad people who are beyond/past redemption

Examples of beyond/past redemption in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Political opponents become monsterized—transmuted into villains beyond redemption. — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025

Anyone capable of the atrocities that Vick was responsible for is beyond redemption. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024

These emissaries represent the values of faith, kindness, and human connection, carrying the belief that no soul is beyond redemption and no bridge is too fragile to build. — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024

In their eyes, the brutality of the attacks showed Hamas to be beyond redemption, unable to be deterred or contained. — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 21 Dec. 2023