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as in hopeless
not capable of being cured or reformed
resigned to the fact that his in-laws are irredeemable practical jokers
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as in irreversible
not capable of being repaired, regained, or undone
the irredeemable loss of innocence that the war brought about
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Recent Examples of irredeemable
The January 6th Capitol riot was seen as an irredeemable scandal.
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Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Unwilling to make any declarations about turning his season around, Betts instead declared his season individually irredeemable.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2025
Since, by this point, Nan’s actions seem irredeemable, this is when the big pregnancy news gets revealed.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
When dissent is silenced as betrayal in one place and dismissed as irredeemable in another, who is allowed to imagine something other than perpetual war?
—Guy Ben-Aharon, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
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Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Unwilling to make any declarations about turning his season around, Betts instead declared his season individually irredeemable.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2025
Since, by this point, Nan’s actions seem irredeemable, this is when the big pregnancy news gets revealed.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
When dissent is silenced as betrayal in one place and dismissed as irredeemable in another, who is allowed to imagine something other than perpetual war?
—Guy Ben-Aharon, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for irredeemable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irredeemable
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Things take a turn for the whimsical when, with the help of some lightning — and later, Taffy’s tanning bed — Lisa finds a companion in an undead, Victorian-era Cole Sprouse, a hopeless romantic who communicates exclusively in grunts, and whose devotion to Lisa knows no bounds.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Jets are hopeless, with head coach Aaron Glenn pushing back on reporters weekly and owner Woody Johnson tossing his $40 million quarterback, Justin Fields, under the bus after another rough outing.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
25 Oct. 2025
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Merriam-Webster defines it as the description of someone or something in a state of possibly irreversible misfortune and hardship.—
Brenda Looper,
Washington Post,
8 Jan. 2026
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This not only triggers power struggles and deep psychological shifts, but there could also be irreversible decisions around control, freedom and dynamics within our society.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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Torney was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer with recurring tumors that eat away at bone marrow, damaging bones and the immune system.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have unlocked a potential new treatment to target an incurable form of childhood cancer with the help of a fast-reproducing pest known for swarming kitchen produce.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The lung damage caused by pulmonary fibrosis is irreparable, and medicine, therapy and lung transplants are options for treatment.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
19 Dec. 2025
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However, seeing him in a Yankees uniform would do irreparable damage to his legacy with the Blue Jays.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
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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
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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 11 Jan. 2026.
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