beyond/past redemption
idiom
1
: too bad to be corrected or improved
The situation is beyond/past redemption.
2
: incapable of being saved from sin or evil
bad people who are beyond/past redemption
Examples of beyond/past redemption in a Sentence
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In their eyes, the brutality of the attacks showed Hamas to be beyond redemption, unable to be deterred or contained.
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Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 21 Dec. 2023
The Republican Party is, in its current form, beyond redemption.
—Rich Logis, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
There’s long been a consensus that our protagonist is beyond redemption; Barry’s pathetic gamble that Sally would follow him should not, on that understanding, have paid off.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
No design trend is beyond redemption, though—and granite countertops definitely fall within that category.
—Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 27 Feb. 2023
Buddhists deplore the notion of suffering, and say no one is beyond redemption.
—John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 23 Jan. 2023
But to develop a cultural fixation on men who kill their pregnant partners is to acknowledge a problem bigger than a few inhuman specimens, born beyond redemption.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 4 Jan. 2023
Dorsey said that tainted the case beyond redemption.
—Ken Ritter, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2022
The first day of the NCAA men’s tournament was a flaming hot mess of upsets, overtime games and brackets busted beyond redemption.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2022
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Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 21 Dec. 2023
The Republican Party is, in its current form, beyond redemption.
—Rich Logis, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
There’s long been a consensus that our protagonist is beyond redemption; Barry’s pathetic gamble that Sally would follow him should not, on that understanding, have paid off.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
No design trend is beyond redemption, though—and granite countertops definitely fall within that category.
—Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 27 Feb. 2023
Buddhists deplore the notion of suffering, and say no one is beyond redemption.
—John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 23 Jan. 2023
But to develop a cultural fixation on men who kill their pregnant partners is to acknowledge a problem bigger than a few inhuman specimens, born beyond redemption.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 4 Jan. 2023
Dorsey said that tainted the case beyond redemption.
—Ken Ritter, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2022
The first day of the NCAA men’s tournament was a flaming hot mess of upsets, overtime games and brackets busted beyond redemption.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2022
Dictionary Entries Near beyond/past redemption
beyond/outside the bounds of possibility
beyond/past redemption
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“Beyond/past redemption.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%2Fpast%20redemption. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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