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as in hopeless
not capable of being cured or reformed
resigned to the fact that his in-laws are irredeemable practical jokers
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as in irreversible
not capable of being repaired, regained, or undone
the irredeemable loss of innocence that the war brought about
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Recent Examples of irredeemable
If America is irredeemable, this thinking goes, then justice demands no less than a complete reboot of the country.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
Nor is there a situation that is irredeemable, an experience that is hopeless.
—Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
In other words, without the bloodshed of the Civil War, the Constitution was irredeemable.
—John Yoo, National Review, 23 June 2024
Sign up In Canada, assisted dying was legalized in 2016 for mentally competent adults with an irredeemable medical condition.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 8 May 2024
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
Nor is there a situation that is irredeemable, an experience that is hopeless.
—Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
In other words, without the bloodshed of the Civil War, the Constitution was irredeemable.
—John Yoo, National Review, 23 June 2024
Sign up In Canada, assisted dying was legalized in 2016 for mentally competent adults with an irredeemable medical condition.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 8 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irredeemable
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By that point, most American passengers had reached a point of hopeless exhaustion.Opheli Garcia Lawlor, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
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Eugene is able to carry on after his romance with Lee, while Lee is confined to a life of falling into the same miserable cycles of loneliness and addiction, a feeling manifested by the snake shedding a hopeless tear.Barry Levitt, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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Not helping matters: Damian — who unbeknownst to Martha is still in Ingrid’s life — calmly informs Ingrid that the damage to the planet due to climate change is irreversible.Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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More tests by a liver specialist revealed Sanchez had Stage 4 cirrhosis of the liver, which is irreversible even with medication.Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2024
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The 72-year-old former reality television star revealed thathe is currently battling an incurable and slow form of bone marrow cancer known as Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia in a new interview with People Magazine on Wednesday, December 11.Lexi Lane, SPIN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Come See Me in the Good Light / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Ryan White, Producers: Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen) –– Two poets, one incurable cancer diagnosis.Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
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Bhattacharya was one of three authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, an October 2020 open letter maintaining that lockdowns were causing irreparable harm.Compiled byDemocrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Science & Medicine Why RFK Jr. nomination sets off alarms among many public health specialists Nov. 16, 2024 Bhattacharya was one of three authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, an October 2020 open letter maintaining that lockdowns were causing irreparable harm.Carla K. Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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So if Vegas is the accomplished old sibling that everyone wants to be like, and Utah is the incorrigible youngster doing it its own way, that would make the Kraken the middle child of the group.Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
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Trump’s parents shipped their incorrigible second son off to military school 90 minutes outside New York City just after his 13th birthday.James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
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