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irredeemability

irredeemability

9.9
The state of being unable to be fixed or made right
  • noun
  • /ˌɪrəˈdiməˌbɪlɪti/
translation icon : irredimibilidad
  • Many people believed that the irredeemability of some criminals made rehabilitation impossible.

Examples

  • Women whose lifestyles fell outside these parameters of acceptable conduct were perceived as a danger to the moral and social fiber of the community, and their repeated offending was proof of their irredeemability.

    Academic text (1993)
  • However, while Robinson singles this moment out as a sign of Supergirl's irredeemability in its trivialization of her accomplishments (75-6), it is a moment chosen too late in Supergirl's career, since her exposure to the world marks a radical change in her relationship with her readers.

    Academic text (2013)
  • It reduces them to utter irredeemability for life.

    Blog text (4)
  • The irredeemability of his mistakes left him with few options for a fresh start.

  • The community grappled with the irredeemability of the environmental damage caused by the factory.

Synonyms

irreversibility
vsirredeemability
1 8.4

Cannot be changed back to how it was

is similar but adds inability to correct or redeem outcomes
irretrievability
vsirredeemability
1 9.9

A situation where you cannot get something back, like deleted files or lost memories

focuses more broadly on being beyond repair, correction, or redemption
incorrigibility
vsirredeemability
1 9.8

Being impossible to change or make better

highlights inability to recover or restore as well as correct
irrevocability
vsirredeemability
1 9.9

The state of being impossible to change or take back

applies more generally to being beyond repair, correction, or recovery
irreparability
vsirredeemability
8.7

A thing that cannot be fixed or made like new

is broader, also covering inability to correct or recover nonphysical loss
indefeasibility
vsirredeemability
  • Formal
9.9

A document or right that cannot be removed by later legal action

is broader, applying to moral or practical inability to fix or recover

Antonyms

A person's chance to be forgiven and accepted again after a mistake

How Redeemable

redemption
  • Specialized
119 7.4
amendment
963 3.9
irredeemability
9.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

irredeemability = irredeemable (transparent) = ir + redeem + able + ity

The noun is formed regularly from the adjective 'irredeemable' with the abstract noun suffix '-ity', and the meaning follows directly from the adjective.

Etymology

Irredeemability breaks into parts: ir- 'not', redeem 'to buy back', and -ability 'the quality of being'. Think of it as something you cannot 'buy back' or fix, so irredeemability means it cannot be corrected or recovered.