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as in hopeless
not capable of being cured or reformed
unredeemable sinners
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as in irreversible
not capable of being repaired, regained, or undone
misspelling the name of the store on the sign was hardly an unredeemable error—you can paint over your mistake
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Recent Examples of unredeemable
The society of Iverson’s youth rendered him an unredeemable thug and jailed him for it as a minor.
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Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
These are characters that sometimes may seem unredeemable.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
Reynolds portrays Clint Briggs, a supposedly unredeemable business consultant who has his world turned upside down by the Ghost of Christmas Present, played by Ferrell.
—Robert English, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2023
The most unlikable among them aren’t totally unredeemable.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
Her dad was unredeemable.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2022
Alongside health concerns, steering committee member Alicia Kendrick said that she and other residents are frustrated at how quickly some communities, like Joppa, are thought of as unredeemable.
—Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2022
What is left is a closer feeling of closeness to his characters — to ugly, sorrowing, tender, stalwart, ruined, unredeemable people, failing at their lives and yet trying, still, to live them.
—New York Times, 12 July 2022
Like focus, much can be left to the camera in auto mode, and even seemingly unredeemable exposure can often be corrected during editing.
—The Editors, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2021
Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
These are characters that sometimes may seem unredeemable.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
Reynolds portrays Clint Briggs, a supposedly unredeemable business consultant who has his world turned upside down by the Ghost of Christmas Present, played by Ferrell.
—Robert English, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2023
The most unlikable among them aren’t totally unredeemable.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
Her dad was unredeemable.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2022
Alongside health concerns, steering committee member Alicia Kendrick said that she and other residents are frustrated at how quickly some communities, like Joppa, are thought of as unredeemable.
—Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2022
What is left is a closer feeling of closeness to his characters — to ugly, sorrowing, tender, stalwart, ruined, unredeemable people, failing at their lives and yet trying, still, to live them.
—New York Times, 12 July 2022
Like focus, much can be left to the camera in auto mode, and even seemingly unredeemable exposure can often be corrected during editing.
—The Editors, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unredeemable
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Previewing the playoffs with a playoff team draft Finding 3 positive thoughts for each of the NHL’s 15 most hopeless teams 16 stats: Blues’ turnaround, Lane Hutson’s stardom and Stars’ struggles Comments D Dan N. · 4h 17m ago Helle is thee best.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Mimi seesaws between hopeless heroin addict and righteous truth-teller.—
Jeffrey Seller,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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The Japanese Foreign Ministry warned that the country has until about 2030 before the trend is irreversible.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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More important, economists say, the rise of free trade may be irreversible, its benefits so powerful that the rest of the world finds a way to keep the system going, even without its central player.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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This big band take of a song already teetering on irredeemable absurdity, wants to be lush and seductive.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
10 Dec. 2024
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Nor is there a situation that is irredeemable, an experience that is hopeless.—
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Aug. 2024
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Divesture of these precious lands, that belong to all citizens rich and poor, would be an irreparable tragedy.—
Mike Dombeck,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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If there was any hurt, if there was any friction in her life, if there was any trauma in her life, would that moment only now compound in a way that would be irreparable?—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Garden roses can also pick up the incurable rose rosette disease from wild-growing multiflora roses—an invasive rose with five-petaled, white flowers.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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Her uncle was diagnosed with an incurable cancer, though he's been able to manage it by overhauling his diet in conjunction with regular chemotherapy rounds.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Even from beyond the grave, that man proves to be incorrigible in his audacity.—
Ayan Artan,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
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Bridget’s old on-again, off-again boss/beau Daniel Cleaver (played by the gloriously incorrigible Hugh Grant) drifts in and out of the story.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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