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irredeemable

[ ir-i-dee-muh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

irredeemable

/ ˌɪrɪˈdiːməbəl /

(of bonds, debentures, shares, etc) without a date of redemption of capital; incapable of being bought back directly or paid off
(of paper money) not convertible into specie
(of a sinner) not able to be saved or reformed
(of a loss) not able to be recovered; irretrievable
not able to be improved or rectified; irreparable

First recorded in 1600–10; ir- ² + redeemable

Schmidt, who owned many houses and mortgages and good irredeemable ground rents, was busy.

He has done me deep and irredeemable wrong, and has entailed upon his child an inheritance of shame.

In other words, it was an arrangement for the issue of an irredeemable paper currency.

But the most irredeemable of convicts are ever those of nurture and birth and culture better than the ruffian rest.

Against this tendency toward the issue of irredeemable paper Necker contended as best he might.

April 25, 2024firkin

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