irreconcilable
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7.7
- adjective
- /ˌɪrɪˈkɒnsɪləbəl/
:
irreconciliable
- There were two national communities in Palestine and there were irreconcilable differences on fundamental questions.
- irreconcilable differences
- irreconcilable conflict
- irreconcilable views
The two things are irreconcilable, OK?
- The two things are irreconcilable, OK?
- The designer's job is to reconcile the seemingly irreconcilable.
- And we have arrived at the bottom of the abyss, at the irreconcilable conflict between reason and vital feeling.
- But for most women, it's just like that's just that's that they're almost irreconcilable.
Examples
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Neither of my folks offered me a reason for their split except "irreconcilable differences."
Fiction book (2001) -
Recurring arguments, attraction to a co-worker, or simple boredom can lead to irreconcilable differences.
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On the other hand, there are those who believe that there is an irreconcilable difference.
Academic text (2017) -
Could you tell us, what were those irreconcilable differences?
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We just have irreconcilable differences.
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The First World War and the Russian Revolution drove the parties to an irreconcilable split.
Academic text (1992) -
As Mrs. Turner has decided to drop all claims, I hereby grant her divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences.
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Individuals and religious groups have sharply divergent and irreconcilable views on the morality of abortion.
Academic text (2017) -
Some of the most memorable characters in literature embody two or more extreme, irreconcilable traits.
Academic text (2011) -
The couple, who share a daughter and son, cited irreconcilable differences for their split.
Synonyms
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7.9
Different in type so they cannot be easily compared
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7.4
Not fitting together and often clashing in sound or opinion
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4.5
People or things that are very different and have nothing important in common
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4.2
Having ideas, facts, or feelings that do not agree with each other
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4.6
People or things that are completely different and do not get along
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5.0
Very different from each other in every way
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7.1
Colors, opinions, or sounds that do not match and seem to clash
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7.2
People or things that do not agree with each other
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6.3
Two people or things that are completely different from each other
Impossible to make two people or ideas agree
A very large difference between people, groups, or ideas
Very different from each other in important ways
Hard to become accepted into a group or culture
Unable to become part of a group, culture, or system
Having colors, patterns or ideas that do not go well together
Not matching other things in look, feeling, or ideas
Antonyms
How Reconcilable
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5.6
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4.2
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4.1
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1.0
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4.2
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6.2
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7.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
irreconcilable = reconcilable (transparent) = ir + reconcile + able
The negative prefix 'ir-' attaches to the adjective 'reconcilable' to give the straightforward opposite meaning.
Etymology
Irreconcilable comes from re- 'again' and concile 'bring together', the same root as council, a group that brings people together. So irreconcilable means things or people that cannot be brought together or made to agree.