irreconcilable
incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
incapable of being made to acquiesce or compromise; implacably opposed: irreconcilable enemies.
a person or thing that is irreconcilable.
a person who is opposed to agreement or compromise.
Origin of irreconcilable
1Other words from irreconcilable
- ir·rec·on·cil·a·bil·i·ty, ir·rec·on·cil·a·ble·ness, noun
- ir·rec·on·cil·a·bly, adverb
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How to use irreconcilable in a sentence
Never was a crueller comment upon the irreconcilableness of these two things.
At Home And Abroad | Margaret Fuller OssoliEsther's own mind was not free from a sense of irreconcilableness between the objects of her taste and the conditions of her lot.
Felix Holt, The Radical | George Eliot
British Dictionary definitions for irreconcilable
/ (ɪˈrɛkənˌsaɪləbəl, ɪˌrɛkənˈsaɪ-) /
not able to be reconciled; uncompromisingly conflicting; incompatible
a person or thing that is implacably hostile or uncompromisingly opposed
(usually plural) one of various principles, ideas, etc, that are incapable of being brought into agreement
Derived forms of irreconcilable
- irreconcilability or irreconcilableness, noun
- irreconcilably, adverb
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