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as in hopeless
not capable of being cured or reformed
unredeemable sinners
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as in irreversible
not capable of being repaired, regained, or undone
misspelling the name of the store on the sign was hardly an unredeemable error—you can paint over your mistake
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Recent Examples of unredeemable
The society of Iverson’s youth rendered him an unredeemable thug and jailed him for it as a minor.
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Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
These are characters that sometimes may seem unredeemable.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
Reynolds portrays Clint Briggs, a supposedly unredeemable business consultant who has his world turned upside down by the Ghost of Christmas Present, played by Ferrell.
—Robert English, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2023
The most unlikable among them aren’t totally unredeemable.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
Her dad was unredeemable.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2022
Alongside health concerns, steering committee member Alicia Kendrick said that she and other residents are frustrated at how quickly some communities, like Joppa, are thought of as unredeemable.
—Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2022
What is left is a closer feeling of closeness to his characters — to ugly, sorrowing, tender, stalwart, ruined, unredeemable people, failing at their lives and yet trying, still, to live them.
—New York Times, 12 July 2022
Like focus, much can be left to the camera in auto mode, and even seemingly unredeemable exposure can often be corrected during editing.
—The Editors, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2021
Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
These are characters that sometimes may seem unredeemable.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
Reynolds portrays Clint Briggs, a supposedly unredeemable business consultant who has his world turned upside down by the Ghost of Christmas Present, played by Ferrell.
—Robert English, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2023
The most unlikable among them aren’t totally unredeemable.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
Her dad was unredeemable.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2022
Alongside health concerns, steering committee member Alicia Kendrick said that she and other residents are frustrated at how quickly some communities, like Joppa, are thought of as unredeemable.
—Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2022
What is left is a closer feeling of closeness to his characters — to ugly, sorrowing, tender, stalwart, ruined, unredeemable people, failing at their lives and yet trying, still, to live them.
—New York Times, 12 July 2022
Like focus, much can be left to the camera in auto mode, and even seemingly unredeemable exposure can often be corrected during editing.
—The Editors, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unredeemable
Adjective
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Democracy in the United States faces a serious threat, but the case is not hopeless.—
Laura Gamboa,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Mar. 2025
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Despite running on dirt-minded tires that are hopeless on snow and ice, these ultra-luxe restomods had no problem roaring through the powder covering the ground.—
Tim Stevens,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2025
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The Japanese Foreign Ministry warned that the country has until about 2030 before the trend is irreversible.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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More important, economists say, the rise of free trade may be irreversible, its benefits so powerful that the rest of the world finds a way to keep the system going, even without its central player.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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One key ingredient was a villain so irredeemable that anyone, even natural medicine enthusiasts, would side against her.—
Alan Levinovitz,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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The characters are not wholly irredeemable, and some do arrive through meditation and self-reflection at meaningful answers about their compulsions, even as others remain unwilling to consider such questions about their motivations (and how their actions affect other people).—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The groups also noted that the delay in funding could cause irreparable harm to the awardees, leading to the organizations going out of business.—
Callie Patteson,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Apr. 2025
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Legal experts said the crush of cases and their urgency resulted from Trump’s record-setting pace of actions that 39 judges in 11 districts ruled unlawful and likely to cause irreparable harm to the people targeted.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But after bouts of food poisoning on her vacation, she was diagnosed with an incurable autoimmune disease.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
23 Mar. 2025
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Wynn suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, an incurable eye disease.—
Alex Isenstadt,
Axios,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Even from beyond the grave, that man proves to be incorrigible in his audacity.—
Ayan Artan,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
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Bridget’s old on-again, off-again boss/beau Daniel Cleaver (played by the gloriously incorrigible Hugh Grant) drifts in and out of the story.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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