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irredeemably, adv.|ɪrɪˈdiːməblɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In an irredeemable manner; to an irredeemable extent; so as to be past redemption; hopelessly, absolutely, utterly.
1790Blair Serm. III. iii. 48 But though past time be gone, we are not to consider it irredeemably lost. 1845Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) III. lxxiii. 409 He considered that they were irredeemably doomed to destruction. 1868Act 31 & 32 Vict. c. 101 Sched. B, C.D. sold..to the said A.B...heritably and irredeemably..all and the whole [etc.]. 1883Manch. Exam. 22 Nov. 5/4 The government of Morocco is irredeemably bad. |