irredeemable

1. 1.

   insusceptible of reform

   “vicious irreclaimable boys”

   “irredeemable sinners”

   Synonymsirreclaimableunredeemableunreformable

   Similarwicked
2. 2.

   (of paper money) not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder

   Similarinconvertible

Questions about irredeemable

What does irredeemable mean?

irredeemable means "insusceptible of reform". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in irredeemable?

irredeemable has 5 syllables: ir-re-dee-ma-ble. The stress falls on "dee".

What is another word for irredeemable?

Close synonyms include irreclaimable, unredeemable, unreformable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is irredeemable a common word?

irredeemable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.