Irredeemable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Irredeemable \Ir`re*deem"a*ble\, a.
     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. -- {Ir`re*deem"a*ble*ness},
     adv.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  irredeemable
       adj 1: insusceptible of reform; "vicious irreclaimable boys";
              "irredeemable sinners" [syn: {irreclaimable}, {unredeemable},
               {unreformable}]
       2: (of paper money) not convertible into coin at the pleasure
          of the holder

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "irredeemable":
     beyond recall, beyond remedy, cureless, gone, graceless,
     immedicable, inconvertible, incorrigible, incurable, inoperable,
     irreclaimable, irrecoverable, irreformable, irremediable,
     irreparable, irretrievable, irreversible, irrevocable, lost,
     past hope, past praying for, remediless, ruined, shriftless,
     terminal, undone, unmitigable, unpayable, unredeemable,
     unregenerate, unrelievable, unsalvable, unsalvageable