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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Whether a person with a major psychiatric disorder can muster the necessary volition to support such an irreversible decision, and whether doctors can reliably determine that a patient’s condition is irremediable, are major question marks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

These are adults, like April, who are not dying but have suffering which is intolerable to them from a "grievous and irremediable medical condition".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025

He can adhere to the letter of the judge’s order and acquiesce in potentially laying the groundwork to dismiss the case at an irremediable point.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

We should drop the six-month requirement and keep the requirements that a patient have a grievous and irremediable medical condition, an advanced state of decline and unbearable suffering from the illness.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2023

But to make up for that irremediable power, which was exasperating even for him, he had a cordiality that won the immediate confidence of others and a stupendous capacity for work.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Vocabulary lists containing irremediable

As I Lay Dying

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