irremediable

1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

adjective
/ˌɪrəˈmɛdiəbl/

: irremediable

His addiction had become irremediable, affecting every aspect of his life.

He says when the tongue of angry men becomes rough and foul and breaks it out of unseenly speeches, it brings forth insolence, which creates irremediable enmity.

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Examples

The doctor explained that her condition was irremediable and would require ongoing management.
Their paleographic argument identifying Hand D as Shakespeare's cannot ultimately prevail because of an inherent and irremediable problem: no control.

Academic text (2016)
As with all irremediable physical conditions, depression occurs with low vision.

Academic text (1995)
Was this an irremediable wound, an irremediable world?

Fiction book (1991)
A metaphor for God may not be a remedy but a record of the irremediable.

Academic text (2001)
We had entered into a tragic and irremediable thickness.

Fiction book (2000)
Pending agreement, each state concerned shall take provisional measures to the extent feasible to prevent irremediable injury to the cultural heritage of the requesting state.

Academic text (2016)
But PVRS did not involve any tearing down of structures or irremediable defects.
Like the ship in Nosferatu, the ship in Tabu is a vessel of fatality, a carrier of the irremediable.

Academic text (1993)
Though the story is built on just a short episode from the life of the protagonist, the author brings his character and readers to an understanding of how important, long-lasting, and irremediable the effects of this short event will be, and it endows the narrated episode with the significance of a serious loss, if not a real-life catastrophe.

Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

irreversible

vsirremediable

46 6.0

Not able to be changed back to how it was

is similar but covers any case that cannot be remedied or corrected

irreparable

vsirremediable

24 7.6

Too badly damaged to be fixed or made right again

is the general idea of being impossible to remedy in any way

irrevocable

vsirremediable

14 8.1

Impossible to change or undo

applies to lasting inability to remedy actions or conditions

incurable

vsirremediable

7 6.1

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

is broader, applying to any fault or condition impossible to remedy

irretrievable

vsirremediable

4 8.5

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

focuses more broadly on being impossible to remedy beyond mere loss

irredeemable

vsirremediable

2 8.2

Not able to be changed for the better

is the general idea of being unable to be remedied in any case

unredeemable

vsirremediable

1 8.6

Cannot be changed to be good again

shares hopelessness but is narrower toward moral or reform contexts

irrecoverable

vsirremediable

1 8.8

Impossible to get back or fix

is the wider notion of being impossible to correct or put right

uncorrectable

vsirremediable

1 7.9

Not able to be fixed or controlled

is broader, focusing on being impossible to remedy rather than control

nonremedial

vsirremediable

8.9

Cannot be fixed

expresses the same lasting failure to fix problems in general

unretrievable

vsirremediable

7.9

Impossible to get back

covers inability to be remedied, not only inability to regain

Antonyms

fixable

9 2.7

Can be repaired or put right

remediable

1 6.6

A problem that can be fixed

How Fixable

fixable

9 2.7

remediable

1 6.6

salvageable

12 5.3

irremediable

1 9.6

Surface Forms

irremediable positive

irremediabler comparative

irremediablest superlative

Morphology

irremediable = remediable (transparent) = ir + remedy + able

The negative prefix 'ir-' is directly attached to 'remediable' meaning 'not capable of being remedied'; the composition is straightforward for learners familiar with 'remedy' and '-able'.

Etymology

Irremediable comes from the prefix ir- meaning 'not' and the root remedy, which means 'a cure' or 'something that fixes a problem'. So, irremediable describes something 'not able to be fixed or cured'.