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Recent Examples of unredeemable 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 Her dad was unredeemable. John Anderson, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2022 Alongside health concerns, steering committee member Alicia Kendrick said that she and other residents are frustrated at how quickly some communities, like Joppa, are thought of as unredeemable. Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2022 What is left is a closer feeling of closeness to his characters — to ugly, sorrowing, tender, stalwart, ruined, unredeemable people, failing at their lives and yet trying, still, to live them. New York Times, 12 July 2022 Like focus, much can be left to the camera in auto mode, and even seemingly unredeemable exposure can often be corrected during editing. The Editors, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unredeemable
Adjective
  • That is until a mysterious someone starts sending strange gifts to hopeless widower Henry (Sheen) and his two bickering children, Will and Ella.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 May 2025
  • Thus, all eyes turn to Antetokounmpo, much as all eyes did on Lillard as his situation in Portland grew increasingly hopeless in 2022 and 2023.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • His cause of death was listed as a stroke followed by irreversible cardiac arrest.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
  • The plaintiffs alleged that water was improperly treated and caused irreversible damage to copper pipes.
    News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • 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
Adjective
  • The groups are asking the human rights commission to order precautionary measures, basically an emergency action to prevent irreparable harm.
    Marcos Alemán, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • The loss of a Soldier is always an irreparable tragedy.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
  • Plotkin added that vaccines being developed for infections that are incurable, like HIV, may also be at risk.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC news, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Even from beyond the grave, that man proves to be incorrigible in his audacity.
    Ayan Artan, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025

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“Unredeemable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unredeemable. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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