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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
Nor is there a situation that is irredeemable, an experience that is hopeless.
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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
Court records are replete with judges sentencing people convicted of unquestionably violent crimes to decades in prison while proclaiming that the person before them is heartless, irredeemable, and will forever be a threat to society.
—Steve Zeidman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
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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
Court records are replete with judges sentencing people convicted of unquestionably violent crimes to decades in prison while proclaiming that the person before them is heartless, irredeemable, and will forever be a threat to society.
—Steve Zeidman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irredeemable
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All seemed hopeless for Moore and Mansell, until, out of the blue, a lawyer with the Office of the White House Counsel contacted Moore’s defense lawyers, Seitles and Litwin-Diego, in April to inquire about the case.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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The longtime psych-rock staple co-wrote the album with filmmaker Matt Yoka to be a collection of American stories about hopeless kleptomaniacs, urban explorers, and other people who slip through the cracks.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
30 May 2025
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Looming cuts to the VA may cause an irreversible blow if the VA stops providing comprehensive care to veterans and, instead, pushes veterans into seeing doctors in private practice.—
Jamie Rowen,
The Conversation,
30 May 2025
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The bill defines ecocide as causing severe environmental harm either intentionally or through recklessness - where the harm is widespread, long-term or irreversible.—
Jamie Hailstone,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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In 1952, she was diagnosed with an illness doctors said was incurable.—
Sonari Glinton,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2025
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The court’s opinion did not address the merits of the argument, but only found that the lower district court erred by giving an injunction when there was no evidence of irreparable harm to the union.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
17 May 2025
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Privately, Atleti were furious, with executives insisting Arsenal’s actions had done irreparable damage to the relationship between the clubs.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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They were joined by dozens of other performers across the rock ’n’ roll spectrum, from the hard-stomping Fleshtones to the incorrigible Supersuckers, to Tommy Stinson’s Bash & Pop, to the ageless Linda Gail Lewis — younger sister of music icon Jerry Lee Lewis.—
Jim Ruland,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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Critics attack it the same way: the recent success of a provincial right-wing party led many to view Austria as a land of incorrigible neofascists, for which it was sanctioned by the EU.—
Paul Lendvai,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 2011
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