Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective That cannot be bought back or paid off.
  • adjective Not convertible into coin.
  • adjective Impossible to remedy.
  • adjective Impossible to redeem or reform.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not redeemable; that cannot or need not be redeemed or made good by payment or restitution; not to be restored or escaped: as, irredeemable paper money; an irredeemable loss; irredeemable slavery.
  • Beyond the power of redemption; irreclaimable: as, irredeemable criminals or crime.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver, as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not redeemable; unredeemable; not able to be restored, recovered, revoked, or escaped.
  • adjective finance, currency, etc. Not able to be cancelled by a payment or converted to another form of currency or financial instrument, especially one considered more secure or reliable.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (of paper money) not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder
  • adjective insusceptible of reform

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Examples

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  • From what has been said, it follows that the death penalty as a punishment even for the worst crimes is morally untenable; for either the culprit is really irredeemable, that is to say, he is an irresponsible moral idiot, in which case an asylum for the insane is the proper place for him; or he is not irredeemable, in which case the chance of reformation should not be taken from him by cutting off his life.

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