irredeemable
adjective
ir·re·deem·able
ˌir-i-ˈdē-mə-bəl 
1
: not redeemable: such as
a
: not terminable by payment of the principal
irredeemable bond
2
: being beyond remedy : hopeless
irredeemable mistakes
Examples of irredeemable in a Sentence
She does not believe that anyone is completely irredeemable.
Without intervention, the country could fall into irredeemable chaos.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Nor is there a situation that is irredeemable, an experience that is hopeless.
—Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
One key ingredient was a villain so irredeemable that anyone, even natural medicine enthusiasts, would side against her.
—Alan Levinovitz, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
The characters are not wholly irredeemable, and some do arrive through meditation and self-reflection at meaningful answers about their compulsions, even as others remain unwilling to consider such questions about their motivations (and how their actions affect other people).
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Irredeemable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irredeemable. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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irredeemable
adjective
ir·re·deem·able
ˌir-i-ˈdē-mə-bəl
1
: not redeemable
2
: being beyond remedy : hopeless
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