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# irreconcilable

«irreconcilable» in Mova's school dictionary: **Irreconcilable ideas, views or differences are so…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (irreconcilable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Irreconcilable ideas, views or differences are so different that they can never be made to agree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#m1)

2) Irreconcilable people cannot become friends again after a quarrel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word used in news, law and history: countries with irreconcilable aims, couples with «irreconcilable differences» who divorce. In stories it shows that a quarrel will never be mended. Phrases: irreconcilable differences, irreconcilable views.

### examples

- The two sides had irreconcilable views about the new road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#x1)
- The brothers were irreconcilable after their quarrel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#x2)
- Their irreconcilable differences ended the band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#x3)
- The witnesses gave irreconcilable stories — they can't both be true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#x4)
- The judge said the two facts were irreconcilable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#x5)
- The countries' aims were irreconcilable, and war followed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#x6)

### note

Spelling: double r — ir-REC-on-CILE-able. Prefix «ir-» means «not»; «reconcile» means make friends or make agree. Formal; in speech say «can't be sorted out» or «will never agree». In logic: two irreconcilable statements cannot both be true.

### In the corpora

- ["Irreconcilable differences" is the official reason given for a divorce (US).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/13-relations-and-family/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «irreconcilable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.