Irremediable
[,ɪrɪ'miːdɪəb(ə)l] or [,ɪrɪ'midɪəbl]
Definition
(adj.) impossible to remedy or correct or redress; 'an irremediable error'; 'irremediable defects of character' .
Edited by Kitty--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not to be remedied, corrected, or redressed; incurable; as, an irremediable disease or evil.
Editor: Woodrow
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Incurable, irreparable, irretrievable, irrecoverable, irrevocable, irreversible, unchangeable, unalterable, not to be remedied, remediless, that cannot be cured.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See REMEDIABLE]
Editor: Rudolf
Definition
adj. that cannot be remedied or redressed.—n. Irremē′diableness.—adv. Irremē′diably.
Checker: Stan
Examples
- There might still remain in her mind a changed association with him which made an irremediable difference--a lasting flaw. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She said to her own irremediable grief, that it should make her more helpful, instead of driving her back from effort. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The evil is now irremediable, and it has been entirely your own doing. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Lord Worcester cannot appear in it without irremediable disgrace and loss of character. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Was irremediable mischief done? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Thus the sentiment of immediate loss in some sort decayed, while that of utter, irremediable loneliness grew on me with time. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Checker: Stan