unreconcilable

adjective

un·​rec·​on·​cil·​able ˌən-ˌre-kən-ˈsī-lə-bəl 

-ˈre-kən-ˌsī-

: impossible to reconcile : irreconcilable

Unfortunately, within the scientific community, there are two very divided, almost unreconcilable, camps.

—Roy Attaway

unreconcilability

ˌən-ˌre-kən-ˌsī-lə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

unreconcilably

ˌən-ˌre-kən-ˈsī-lə-blē 

-ˈre-kən-ˌsī-

adverb

Examples of unreconcilable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Unlike Bullock, Tines conveyed the unreconcilable, which is the essence of the spiritual. —Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021

For the rest of Christianity, the mystery of how to reconcile the seemingly unreconcilable is beyond the human ability to reason. —Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 25 Jan. 2021

The director, Lileana Blain-Cruz, allows female characters to exist in all their complex humanity, without sanding down or slicing off any of the unlikable or unreconcilable bits. —Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020

To appreciate the whole requires embracing that life is similarly composed of unreconcilable elements. —Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1560, in the meaning defined above