irredeemable

Examples

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• He understood that slavery was an irredeemable evil that needed to be eradicated.

  Ed Mylett

• The school system did not want to discourage any student from trying by placing him or her in an irredeemable situation.

  Blog text (13)

• On the one hand, I like to believe that no one person is irredeemable; behaviors can be changed, and behavioral choices can be influenced.

  Blog text (12)

• The concept of the irredeemable criminal seems to permeate and distort American culture.

  Blog text (12)

• My bias is I don't want to broad brush as irredeemable a large percentage of the American population.

• White society as a whole saw blacks as lazy, ignorant, irresponsible, criminal—and, in the final analysis, irredeemable.

  Academic text (1992)

• Many believed that his actions were irredeemable, but she still offered him a second chance.

• After the scandal, the politician was seen as irredeemable by most of the public.

• The team felt their chances of winning the championship were irredeemable after a series of losses.

Synonyms

I

irreparable

vsirredeemable

24 7.6

Too badly damaged to be fixed or made right again

highlights moral or personal hopelessness rather than physical damage

I

incorrigible

vsirredeemable

15 8.1

Impossible to change or correct, often about someone's behavior

is similar but can apply to people or things equally

I

irrevocable

vsirredeemable

14 8.1

Impossible to change or undo

refers to lasting inability to be improved rather than only irreversible acts

I

incurable

vsirredeemable

7 6.1

A person who cannot change a strong habit or way of thinking

focuses specifically on being beyond moral or practical improvement

I

irretrievable

vsirredeemable

4 8.5

You cannot get it back or fix it after it is lost

emphasises inability to be improved rather than only loss

U

unredeemable

vsirredeemable

1 8.6

Cannot be changed to be good again

is the same idea but stresses being beyond any improvement

U

unreformable

vsirredeemable

1 8.8

Cannot change to behave or think in a better way

is the broader idea about total inability to be made better

U

uncorrectable

vsirredeemable

1 7.9

Not able to be fixed or controlled

is about being unsavable morally rather than only uncontrolled

I

irremediable

vsirredeemable

1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

is broader stressing moral inability rather than clinical remedy

I

irreformable

vsirredeemable

9.5

Something you cannot change or fix

is the same but emphasises moral or behavioral change

I

irreclaimable

vsirredeemable

9.9

Not able to be changed for the better

is more about permanent loss rather than only bad character

Antonyms

R

redeemable

1 5.6

Can change and be forgiven for past mistakes

R

reformable

1 5.2

Able to be changed to be better

How Redeemable

reformable

1 5.2

salvageable

12 5.3

hopeless

48 2.5

incorrigible

15 8.1

irredeemable

2 8.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology