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as in hopeless
not capable of being cured or reformed
unredeemable sinners
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2
as in irreversible
not capable of being repaired, regained, or undone
misspelling the name of the store on the sign was hardly an unredeemable error—you can paint over your mistake
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Recent Examples of unredeemable
And every character seems dangerously teetering on a knife’s edge of something unredeemable, a hallmark of Ellroy’s hyperventilating plots.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
On paper, Troy sounds unredeemable, but Missick brings empathy, humanity and longing to the role.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
Adaptive sport is about redeeming what at first might look like an unredeemable story.
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Tim Genske,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
The society of Iverson’s youth rendered him an unredeemable thug and jailed him for it as a minor.
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Marcus Thompson Ii,
The Athletic,
22 Nov. 2024
These are characters that sometimes may seem unredeemable.
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Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
10 Sep. 2024
Reynolds portrays Clint Briggs, a supposedly unredeemable business consultant who has his world turned upside down by the Ghost of Christmas Present, played by Ferrell.
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Robert English,
EW.com,
21 Aug. 2023
The most unlikable among them aren’t totally unredeemable.
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Kate Aronoff,
The New Republic,
5 Apr. 2023
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
On paper, Troy sounds unredeemable, but Missick brings empathy, humanity and longing to the role.
—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
Adaptive sport is about redeeming what at first might look like an unredeemable story.
—
Tim Genske,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
The society of Iverson’s youth rendered him an unredeemable thug and jailed him for it as a minor.
—
Marcus Thompson Ii,
The Athletic,
22 Nov. 2024
These are characters that sometimes may seem unredeemable.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
10 Sep. 2024
Reynolds portrays Clint Briggs, a supposedly unredeemable business consultant who has his world turned upside down by the Ghost of Christmas Present, played by Ferrell.
—
Robert English,
EW.com,
21 Aug. 2023
The most unlikable among them aren’t totally unredeemable.
—
Kate Aronoff,
The New Republic,
5 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unredeemable
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The conflict feels contemporary without growing too cynical, and the core relationship stakes seem real without skewing hopeless.
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The situation of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank would almost certainly worsen and become more hopeless.
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If scar tissue is too severe, if prior surgeries have left the blood supply compromised, or if a patient's goals aren't achievable without unacceptable risk, proceeding could cause irreversible damage.
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Global economies have already weighed energy options beyond the Middle East, as the war in Iran has put irreversible pressure on the oil industry, according to Karen Young, a researcher at Columbia University.
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Want to know why the San Francisco Giants are an irredeemable, unwatchable mess?
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For movies, weed existed in its own sort of ecosystem as a world of petty rebellion and elastic logic, where characters could spiral into genuine obstacles without necessarily becoming irredeemable people.
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However, the citation was in regard to explaining irreparable harm, meaning a type of harm that monetary damages can’t cure and one that applies to college athletes who miss games, practices and other opportunities for NFL development that will never be replayed or reenacted.
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For the Red Sox, the deal was all about cutting ties with Devers, getting his contract off the books and jettisoning an irreparable relationship.
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With no way to secure this crucial boundary, Microsoft and its peers are left to erect complicated and ad hoc guardrails designed to rein in the consequences of this incurable gullibility.
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The palace announced in October 2018 that Mette-Marit was diagnosed with chronic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable lung condition in which scarring of the lung tissue complicates breathing.
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Nilsson, an incorrigible Midwesterner, had a history of downplaying her depth.
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Daisy’s strategy with Mike has always been to treat him like a misbehaved child, which works insofar as scolding an incorrigible child does.
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“Unredeemable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unredeemable. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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