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Recent Examples of irredeemable Of course, writers have experimented with the irredeemable nature of the orcs, and many created sympathetic and heroic orc characters (in fact, even Douglas’ much-mocked novel features an unlikely orcish hero). Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025 Could an irredeemable loner doomed to a life peering from the outside in do this? Alison Herman, Variety, 26 May 2025 In Alex Gibney's 2024 documentary David Chase: Wise Guy and The Sopranos, Chase reveals he was warned by producers not to show Tony getting his hands dirty for fear of making his lead irredeemable. Griff Griffin, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 Then came Trump, and the irredeemable enjoyed sudden redemption. Andrew J. Bacevich, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017 See All Example Sentences for irredeemable
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Adjective
  • All that’s left is some hopeless cringe, stunt guest stars and unfunny jokes.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • All that's left is some hopeless cringe, stunt guest stars and unfunny jokes.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In May 2014, NASA announced at a press conference that a portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appeared to have reached a point of irreversible retreat.
    Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Rising temperatures are wiping out the planet's warm-water coral reefs, and the dieback may be irreversible, according to the latest Global Tipping Points Report released by researchers worldwide.
    Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The new role comes amid Dane's public campaign to find federal funding for research on the incurable neurological disease.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Miners argue increased subjection to the dust has led to an eruption of black lung, an incurable disease associated with inhaling the particles.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The statements have caused irreparable harm because the government’s sustained public commentary, designed to further a political agenda, will have a prejudicial impact on a future jury.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Her fear is that either choice may cause irreparable harm.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Mary Roy, too, married to flee violence—her father, a civil servant under the British, beat his wife and whipped his children—only to find that her husband was an incorrigible drunk.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Who was this alien observer, whose gaze made me into a (slightly) better person, whose gaze (slightly) reduced my incorrigible self-centeredness?
    Michael W. Clune, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025

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“Irredeemable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irredeemable. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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