irredeemable

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌɪrɪˈdiːməbəl/ UK /ˌɪrɪˈdiːməbəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #76958

Meanings

1

adj
impossible to remedy, recover, reform, or save

The water damage was so extensive that the archive was judged irredeemable.
2

adj
finance: not repayable at a stated time or not convertible into coin or another form of money

Investors received an irredeemable annuity that paid income without returning the principal.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · impossible to remedy,... hopeless irreparable incurablebeyond repair

2 adj · finance: not repayable at a... inconvertiblenonredeemable

Opposites

redeemable recoverableremediablereformable

Word family

Derived forms irredeemablyirredeemability

Related forms redeem redemptionconvertibility

Etymology

Formed from ir- ('not') + redeemable. Redeem comes through Anglo-French from Latin redimere ('to buy back'), so irredeemable first meant something that could not be bought back or discharged and later broadened to anything beyond remedy.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# irredeemable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪrɪˈdiːməbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪrɪˈdiːməbəl/
**Frequency rank:** 76958

## Meanings
1. impossible to remedy, recover, reform, or save
2. finance: not repayable at a stated time or not convertible into coin or another form of money

## Examples
- The water damage was so extensive that the archive was judged irredeemable.
- Investors received an irredeemable annuity that paid income without returning the principal.

## Synonyms
- hopeless
- irreparable
- incurable
- inconvertible
- nonredeemable

## Antonyms
- redeemable
- recoverable
- remediable
- reformable

## Derived Forms
- irredeemably
- irredeemability

## Related Forms
- redeem
- redemption
- convertibility

## Etymology
Formed from ir- ('not') + redeemable. Redeem comes through Anglo-French from Latin redimere ('to buy back'), so irredeemable first meant something that could not be bought back or discharged and later broadened to anything beyond remedy.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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