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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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
Wisdom reverses any narrative suggesting that man is inherently evil or irredeemable and reveals instead everyone’s true identity as wholly spiritual and divinely loved.
—
Larissa Snorek,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 May 2026
For movies, weed existed in its own sort of ecosystem as a world of petty rebellion and elastic logic, where characters could spiral into genuine obstacles without necessarily becoming irredeemable people.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2026
Against lesser sides such as West Bromwich Albion — where a two-goal half-time deficit on Good Friday was turned around sufficiently to rescue a point — such a position is far from irredeemable.
—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Irredeemable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irredeemable. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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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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