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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
This big band take of a song already teetering on irredeemable absurdity, wants to be lush and seductive.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
The January 6th Capitol riot was seen as an irredeemable scandal.
—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
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
The January 6th Capitol riot was seen as an irredeemable scandal.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irredeemable
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In a more simplistic story, Derya and Aziz’s efforts to find a good private school for their daughter would come off as a hopeless bourgeois indulgence.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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The result has been a bloodbath in the state of Sinaloa, with thousands killed, thousands more missing and the violence reaching such heights that the Mexican government looks hopeless, if not hapless.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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This is a dangerous step backward that risks irreversible harm to the health and well-being of future generations.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Scientists warn that the expansion of mining could have irreversible consequences.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Arcellx is developing a new class of immunotherapies for patients with cancer and other incurable diseases.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Arcellx focuses on immunotherapies for patients with cancer and others with incurable diseases.—
Scott Schnipper,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2026
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Building a wall would do irreparable damage.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
28 Feb. 2026
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The Teamsters had alleged that the union faced irreparable harm without an immediate pause to the program because workers can accept the buyouts and exit the company before arbitration is resolved.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Feb. 2026
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But the Coop had one thing that failed cooperatives didn’t: Joe Holtz, a gregarious 22-year-old from Sheepshead Bay with a mind for numbers and an incorrigible idealism.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
15 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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“Irredeemable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irredeemable. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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