irreducible

1. 1.

   incapable of being made smaller or simpler

   “an irreducible minimum”

   “an irreducible formula”

   “an irreducible hernia”

   Antonymsreducible

Questions about irreducible

What does irreducible mean?

irreducible means "incapable of being made smaller or simpler".

How many syllables are in irreducible?

irreducible has 5 syllables and divides as ir-re-du-ci-ble under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of irreducible?

The recorded antonyms are reducible.

Is irreducible a common word?

irreducible 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.