unreconcilable
- adjective
- /ˌʌnrɪˈkɒnsɪləbəl/
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irreconciliable
- Haplo's mind wrestled with itself, attempting to reconcile the unreconcilable.
Examples
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The differing opinions on climate change seem completely unreconcilable, leaving little room for compromise.
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Alpha also promotes, as does the leadership of the TB, 'unity' between Protestants and Roman Catholics, with no consideration, or perhaps realization, of the unreconcilable doctrines of the two Churches, and so another concern is its trend towards ecumenism.
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Their values were so different that their goals in life felt unreconcilable, making it hard to work together.
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Despite numerous discussions, the two sides remained unreconcilable in their positions on the policy.
Synonyms
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6.1
Showing ideas or statements that do not agree and cannot both be true
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8.4
Directly opposed in beliefs or purpose
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7.7
So different that people cannot agree
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7.4
Not fitting together and often clashing in sound or opinion
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4.2
Having ideas, facts, or feelings that do not agree with each other
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7.1
Colors, opinions, or sounds that do not match and seem to clash
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7.8
Not fitting together, like clashing sounds or colors
Showing that facts or statements do not match
Having colors, patterns or ideas that do not go well together
Not in agreement with something else
Not matching other things in look, feeling, or ideas
Antonyms
How Reconciled
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4.2
112
4.1
1
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6.2
72
6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
unreconcilable = reconcilable (transparent) = un + reconcile + able
Adding the productive negation prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'reconcilable' yields a straightforward opposite meaning.
Etymology
The word unreconcilable comes from un- meaning 'not' and reconcile meaning 'to bring things back together'. So something unreconcilable cannot be brought into agreement or made to fit together.