unreformable

Examples

• All

• I hereby induct Lynda Bell into the 'unreformable majority' on the county commission.

  Blog text (5)

• Many believe that the outdated education system is fundamentally unreformable.

• The perennial contest for control over the police department has roiled his relationship with blacks, even as a strong secession movement suggests that much of the city assumes that Los Angeles is unreformable.

  Academic text (2002)

• On the other hand, I would be in favor of reviving penal colonies like French Guiana and Devil's Island, la bagne, where inmates purge their sentences (life if the person is unreformable) and pay their own way through work.

  Blog text (3)

• The company's policies seem unreformable, as every attempt at change fails.

• His unreformable habits make it difficult for him to maintain healthy relationships.

Synonyms

I

irreparable

vsunreformable

24 7.6

Too badly damaged to be fixed or made right again

is about inability to improve behavior or structure rather than physical repair

I

incorrigible

vsunreformable

15 8.1

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

emphasizes lack of reformability in character or structure specifically

I

incurable

vsunreformable

7 6.1

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

emphasizes permanent inability to change moral behaviour or structure

U

unfixable

vsunreformable

3 4.9

Impossible to repair or make work again

restricts meaning to moral or structural change not physical repair

U

unsalvageable

vsunreformable

3 7.5

So damaged that it cannot be saved or fixed

focuses on permanent moral or structural nonreformability rather than rescue

I

irredeemable

vsunreformable

2 8.2

Not able to be changed for the better

stresses permanent lack of reformability in behavior or structure

U

unalterable

vsunreformable

2 6.4

Impossible to change

narrows the meaning to moral or structural inability to be reformed

U

unredeemable

vsunreformable

1 8.6

Cannot be changed to be good again

highlights permanent failure to be reformed in conduct or form

U

unregenerate

vsunreformable

1 9.9

Refusing to change beliefs or show regret, even when wrong

is absolute inability to be reformed rather than mere refusal to change

U

uncorrectable

vsunreformable

1 7.9

Not able to be fixed or controlled

limits the issue to permanent inability to be reformed rather than control

I

irremediable

vsunreformable

1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

concentrates on permanent failure to be reformed in conduct or form

I

irreformable

vsunreformable

9.5

Something you cannot change or fix

focuses specifically on failure to be reformed in behavior or structure

U

unreclaimable

vsunreformable

8.7

No one can make a person behave in an acceptable way

is about permanent failure to improve in behavior or structure

I

irreclaimable

vsunreformable

9.9

Not able to be changed for the better

focuses on inability to be improved in conduct or form

U

unmodifiable

vsunreformable

7.1

No one can change it

focuses more on permanent moral or behavioral nonreformability

U

unimprovable

vsunreformable

6.2

No one can make it better

specifies inability to be reformed in behavior or structure rather than general quality

Antonyms

R

reformable

1 5.2

Able to be changed to be better

I

improvable

1 4.1

Can be made better

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology