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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
Could an irredeemable loner doomed to a life peering from the outside in do this?
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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
Ambassador Nolting and many defense officials considered Diem an imperfect yet effective leader, while most in the State Department deemed Diem’s administration irredeemable.
— Made By History, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
This big band take of a song already teetering on irredeemable absurdity, wants to be lush and seductive.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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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
Ambassador Nolting and many defense officials considered Diem an imperfect yet effective leader, while most in the State Department deemed Diem’s administration irredeemable.
— Made By History, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
This big band take of a song already teetering on irredeemable absurdity, wants to be lush and seductive.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irredeemable
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Measures included depression using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D), blood tests for 76 inflammatory biomarkers, and symptoms broken down into cognitive-affective (e.g., feeling hopeless), somatic (e.g., poor sleep, fatigue), and anhedonia (loss of pleasure) clusters.—
Paul McClure
August 09,
New Atlas,
9 Aug. 2025
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Amid the callous acts and hopeless rage of these kids—who are resourceful enough to orchestrate a high-speed heist but too disaffected for much else—a supernatural eeriness surfaces through word of mysterious lights in the sky and missing citizens.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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Noa converts all inputs, visual and audio, into secure, irreversible mathematical representations.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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But Riyadh has been firm that this cannot happen without an irreversible path to a Palestinian state.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
2 Aug. 2025
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Jamie later explains to Anna that he has been diagnosed with a rare and incurable form of cancer — the same one that his brother, Eddie, died from.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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With Securities and Exchange Commission filings saying Ellison will become CEO after the merger, that would trigger an incurable provision in the current co-CEOs’ contracts.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
24 July 2025
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If Aetna doesn’t reverse its new policy, Florida’s leaders would be wise to consider taking action before patients suffer irreparable harm.—
Samuel Ganz,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2025
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Death Note is about what happens when good intentions face irreparable consequences.—
Huntley Woods,
EW.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Having to spend three hours being poked and prodded and prevented from making phone calls rankled; Diamandis is an incorrigible multitasker.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 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 22 Aug. 2025.
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