irreproducible
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9.6
- adjective
- /ˌɪrɪˈpruːdʒəbl/
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irreproducible
- Western women are left with the male image: the peculiar uncanniness, the scent, the irreproducible flavor (recall Portnoy's "buttermilk and Clorox") of the God of the Hebrew Bible.
Examples
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So many actions involve little concern for long-term consequences or acknowledgment of the diminishing numbers of irreproducible natural assets.
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The problem with studies like this—and they all run into the same gross overgeneralization issue—has to do with the irreproducible elements of experience, situation, and context.
Blog text (21) -
Do you remember that article in the Journal of Irreproducible Results where I think I said this on another episode.
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Great video games are not unique or irreproducible.
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Of course he was lucky, and his path to success is irreproducible (especially now with the imminent death of print).
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Like PECOTA, it is proprietary and irreproducible.
Blog text (3) -
According to Klare, Segal's data regarding the interaction between the genomes of two different viruses was irreproducible.
Academic text (2013) -
And retaining sharp skepticism about the eccentric, aberrant, and largely irreproducible landscapes of the wealthy, Jackson would return again and again in his writing to the significance of the shared, the common.
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The scientist concluded that the experiment produced an irreproducible result, making it difficult to validate his findings.
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Many artists create irreproducible masterpieces that cannot be exactly replicated by others.
Synonyms
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8.2
So special and good that no one can copy it
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5.8
Something that cannot happen again or should not be said again
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9.5
Cannot be made again in the same way
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8.1
So unique that no one can make the same thing
Not able to be copied or repeated
Cannot be made
Antonyms
How Reproducible
Surface Forms
Morphology
irreproducible = reproducible (transparent) = ir + re + produc + ible
Negating the adjective 'reproducible' with 'ir-' gives the directly predictable meaning 'not reproducible'.
Etymology
Irreproducible breaks into ir- meaning 'not', re- meaning 'again', and produce meaning 'make'. So, it means 'not able to be made again', which is why an irreproducible result cannot be copied exactly.