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# irredeemable

«irredeemable» in Mova's school dictionary: **so bad that it cannot be saved, fixed or made better** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (irredeemable); adverb irredeemably

### meaning for a pupil

1) Irredeemable means so bad that it cannot be saved, fixed or made better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irredeemable/#m1)

2) (money) An irredeemable voucher or bond cannot be swapped back for money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irredeemable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Formal word in stories and essays: «an irredeemable villain», «an irredeemable mess». In ethics talk, many people believe no person is truly irredeemable. Money: some vouchers are irredeemable for cash.

### examples

- The villain in the story seemed irredeemable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irredeemable/#x1)
- The burnt cake was irredeemable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irredeemable/#x2)
- Our teacher said no pupil is irredeemable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irredeemable/#x3)
- The gift card is irredeemable for cash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irredeemable/#x4)
- After the storm, the old shed was irredeemable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irredeemable/#x5)
- He made an irredeemable mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irredeemable/#x6)

### note

Built from ir- (not) + redeem (save, buy back) + -able. Opposite: redeemable. Double «r» and double «e».

### Trees and pragmatics

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