Irredeemable

//ɪɹəˈdiːməbəl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A financial instrument that cannot be freely redeemed.
Adjective
  1. 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. 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. 1
    (of paper money) not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder wordnet
  2. 2
    insusceptible of reform wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
inconvertibleirreclaimableunredeemablebeyond recallbeyond remedycureless

Example

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""Tom and Mary" was truly an irredeemable piece of trash."

Etymology

From ir- + redeemable.

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