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Recent Examples of irremediable Though Harvard’s governing body initially stood behind Gay after what some considered a tepid response to the student groups’ statement, the plagiarism allegations proved irremediable. Annie Massa, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2024 This is not a picture of irremediable structural dysfunction that will lead inexorably to collapse. Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023 The mayor has heard hundreds of stories about irremediable loss and fears like people had never experienced. Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2023 Though only the last is irremediable. Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2022 See All Example Sentences for irremediable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irremediable
Adjective
  • Feeling hopeless in her quest to stop Crawford and help Delia get her life back, Elsbeth confronts the boastful judge, who is riding high on his rising star and his triumph over her.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Chelsea Smith thought that celebrities, feeling empty and hopeless even with all their success, could benefit from the Gospel.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The government's removal would result in irreparable harm including exposure to violence, persecution, and family separation.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Perhaps the Administration will eventually lose in court, but the harm already done will be irreparable.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Garden roses can also pick up the incurable rose rosette disease from wild-growing multiflora roses—an invasive rose with five-petaled, white flowers.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Her uncle was diagnosed with an incurable cancer, though he's been able to manage it by overhauling his diet in conjunction with regular chemotherapy rounds.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Pope Francis, 88, died Easter Monday of a stroke and irreversible heart failure following a lengthy bout of double pneumonia, the Vatican shared.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Brand damage is ’100% irreversible’ The damage to the Tesla brand by Musk may be far greater than Ives and other bulls admit.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • No fault did not require blame allowing a divorce if one spouse claimed irreconcilable differences or irretrievable breakdown against the other.
    Patricia Fersch, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Lawmakers warn that evidence critical to future war crimes investigations may be irretrievable.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Irremediable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irremediable. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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