Meaning & use

Irredeemable

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Not able to be saved, corrected, or reformed; beyond redemption.

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The critics called the film an irredeemable mess from start to finish.

He believed no person was truly irredeemable, given the chance to change.

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Originally a financial term describing bonds that could not be redeemed or paid off, before broadening to its more general moral sense.

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