Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not subject to challenge or objection.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not recusable; not to be rejected or set aside.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not liable to exception or rejection.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That cannot be
challenged orobjected to
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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In responsibility, which is, as such, irrecusable and non-transferable, I am instituted as non-interchangeable: I am chosen as unique and incomparable.
"I cannot play with you. I am not tamed." Ann Althouse 2009
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I have watched with awe how the progressive lobby turned al‐Qaeda recruit David Hicks into a relentless, irrecusable and finally triumphant national cause – from Taliban terrorist to latter‐day Nelson Mandela of Guantanamo Bay.
Archive 2008-02-01 Bill Kerr 2008
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I have watched with awe how the progressive lobby turned al‐Qaeda recruit David Hicks into a relentless, irrecusable and finally triumphant national cause – from Taliban terrorist to latter‐day Nelson Mandela of Guantanamo Bay.
Rudd's previous record in indigenous affairs Bill Kerr 2008
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