irredeemable

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irredeemable

  • /ɪɹəˈdiːməbəl/

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. usually, of debts 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. 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.

Similar: unredeemable

noun irredeemables

  1. A financial instrument that cannot be freely redeemed.

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adjective

Similar: unredeemable

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adj not able to be restored

Españolirremediable, irredimible
Portuguêsirredimível, irremível, irresgatável
Françaisirrémédiable, irrachetable
Italianoirredimibile
Românăiremediabil, nerestaurabil

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@misc{irredeemable_2026,
  title = {irredeemable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/irredeemable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}