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- Dictionaryirredeemable/ˌɪrɪˈdiːməbl/
adjective
- 1. not able to be saved, improved, or corrected: "so many irredeemable mistakes have been made"
- 2. (of paper currency) for which the issuing authority does not undertake to pay coin.
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adjective. uk / ˌɪrɪˈdiːməbl / us. Add to word list. impossible to correct, improve, or change: An irredeemable letter cannot be cancelled. FINANCE. used to describe investments such as bonds that pay interest but have no agreed date on which the borrower must pay the lender:
The meaning of IRREDEEMABLE is not redeemable. How to use irredeemable in a sentence. not redeemable: such as; not terminable by payment of the principal; inconvertible…
used to describe investments such as bonds that pay interest but have no agreed date on which the borrower must pay the lender: They may be irredeemable, so that although they can be sold at any time the capital realised will depend on their price in the open market. irredeemable.
Use the adjective irredeemable when there's no way to fix or save a person or situation. You could describe your aunt whose house is so full of stuffed animals that the door barely opens as an irredeemable hoarder, or your friend's cheap jewelry as irredeemable junk.
adj. 1. not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off. 2. irremediable; irreparable; hopeless. 3. being beyond redemption: an irredeemable villain. 4. (of paper money) not convertible into gold or silver. [1600–10]
Irredeemable definition: not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.. See examples of IRREDEEMABLE used in a sentence.
Anything that is irredeemable; spec. an irredeemable debenture. 1904 The redemption of the irredeemable by woman's sweet and subtle influence the author has spared us.
1. (of bonds, debentures, shares, etc) without a date of redemption of capital; incapable of being bought back directly or paid off. 2. (of paper money) not convertible into specie. 3. (of a sinner) not able to be saved or reformed. 4. (of a loss) not able to be recovered; irretrievable. 5. not able to be improved or rectified; irreparable.
Definition of irredeemable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
That cannot be reformed, saved, salvaged, etc.; hopeless. Webster's New World. Impossible to remedy. Irredeemable losses. American Heritage. More Adjective Definitions (3) Synonyms: unreformable. irreclaimable. unredeemable. Irredeemable Sentence Examples.
