Definitions

irremediable

[ir-i-mee-dee-uh-buhl] / ˌɪr ɪˈmi di ə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

hopeless

Synonyms

WEAK

bad beyond recall cureless cynical dejected demoralized despairing desperate despondent disconsolate discouraging downhearted fatal forlorn gone goner helpless ill-fated impossible impracticable in despair incurable irredeemable irreparable irreversible irrevocable lost menacing no-win past hope pointless sad shot down sinister sunk threatening tragic unachievable unavailing unfortunate unmitigable up the creek useless vain woebegone worsening

Example Sentences

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Irremediable loss—it sounded in her voice, it crept coldly in his burning veins, it came spreading, flooding, filling the whole earth in the first faint glimmer of dawn.

From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.

Irremediable confusion would be caused for a foreman who tried to handle copy written on both sides, for each take would contain a part of some other compositor's copy.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)

Irremediable, ir-re-mē′di-a-bl, adj. that cannot be remedied or redressed.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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As I Lay Dying

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