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Irredeemable
//ɪɹəˈdiːməbəl// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not redeemable; not able to be restored, recovered, revoked, or escaped.
"It wavered an instant—then there was a heartrending crash—and the canary-coloured cart, their pride and their joy, lay on its side in the ditch, an irredeemable wreck."
- 2 Not able to be cancelled by a payment or converted to another form of currency or financial instrument, especially one considered more secure or reliable. usually
"The subscribers to a new loan, who mean generally to sell their subscription as soon as possible, prefer greatly a perpetual annuity, redeemable by parliament, to an irredeemable annuity, for a long term of years, of only equal amount."
Adjective
- 1 (of paper money) not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder wordnet
- 2 insusceptible of reform wordnet
Noun
- 1 A financial instrument that cannot be freely redeemed.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From ir- + redeemable.
Etymology 2
From ir- + redeemable.
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