irredeemable
adjective
ir·re·deem·able
ˌir-i-ˈdē-mə-bəl 
1
: not redeemable: such as
a
: not terminable by payment of the principal
irredeemable bond
2
: being beyond remedy : hopeless
irredeemable mistakes
Examples of irredeemable in a Sentence
She does not believe that anyone is completely irredeemable.
Without intervention, the country could fall into irredeemable chaos.
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The January 6th Capitol riot was seen as an irredeemable scandal.
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Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Unwilling to make any declarations about turning his season around, Betts instead declared his season individually irredeemable.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2025
Since, by this point, Nan’s actions seem irredeemable, this is when the big pregnancy news gets revealed.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
When dissent is silenced as betrayal in one place and dismissed as irredeemable in another, who is allowed to imagine something other than perpetual war?
—Guy Ben-Aharon, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
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Emma Green, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Unwilling to make any declarations about turning his season around, Betts instead declared his season individually irredeemable.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2025
Since, by this point, Nan’s actions seem irredeemable, this is when the big pregnancy news gets revealed.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
When dissent is silenced as betrayal in one place and dismissed as irredeemable in another, who is allowed to imagine something other than perpetual war?
—Guy Ben-Aharon, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for irredeemable
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“Irredeemable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irredeemable. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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irredeemable
adjective
ir·re·deem·able
ˌir-i-ˈdē-mə-bəl
1
: not redeemable
2
: being beyond remedy : hopeless
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