irreclaimableadj.
/ɪrɪˈkleɪməb(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > passion > [adjective] > affected with passion or strong emotion > uncontrollable or irrepressible (of passions)
inexpiable1598
irreclaimable1609
stanchless1612
unextinguishable1642
ungovernable1676
unconquerable1727
quenchless1744
unsurmountable1771
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xiv. xi. 26 The Emperour when he understood this, falling into an irreclamable fit of anger and wrath, reposed all the assurance and confidence hee had..in making him away.
2.
a. That cannot be reclaimed, reformed, or called back to right ways.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > beyond reform or salvation
unreformable1556
unreclaimable1574
rescueless1586
redeemless1595
insalvable1608
irreformable1609
unsaveable1647
irreclaimable1662
unsalvable1895
1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis x. 97 Such impetuous, ungovernable, irreclaimable inclinations to what is vitious.
1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1259 The irreclaimable enemies of God.
1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 125 The greatest Object of Pity in the World is an irreclaimable Sinner.
1743 J. Morris Serm. vii. 199 Good governors may justly cut off irreclamable offenders.
1882 A. W. Ward Dickens iii. 69 He had not yet become the irreclaimable political sceptic of later days.
b. Of land: That cannot be reclaimed or brought into cultivation.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > uncultivable
unmanurable1592
uncultivable1663
unplantable1683
untillable1714
irreclaimable1814
unculturable1860
uncultivatable1870
1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. ix. 159 Of this portion, there is not more than a fourth which can be considered irreclaimable.
1885 Spectator 22 Aug. 1097/2 56,000 square kilometres are either covered with snow or strewn with rocks, and utterly irreclaimable.
3. That cannot be called back or revoked; irrevocable.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [adjective] > not capable of revocation
stable1297
undefeasible1461
unrevocable1464
irrevocable1490
incoverable1526
irrecoverable1540
unrepealable1574
uncancellable1606
unrecallable1611
inabrogable1617
unretractable1624
irreversible1629
unalterable1631
irrepealable1633
indeposable1673
irreclaimable1834
irretractable1880
1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables iv. 132 The only irreclaimable human decree,—that of an enlightened multitude,—has gone forth against the abuses of the Church and the Law.
Derivatives
irreˈclaimableness n.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [noun] > beyond retrieval
irrecoverableness1607
irrevocableness1649
irreclaimableness1748
irretrievability1847
irreclaimability1881
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. Concl. 423 Enormities..which are out of his power to atone for, by reason of the death of some of the injured parties, and the irreclaimableness of others.
irreclaimaˈbility n. the quality of being irreclaimable.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [noun] > beyond retrieval
irrecoverableness1607
irrevocableness1649
irreclaimableness1748
irretrievability1847
irreclaimability1881
1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 29 The irreclaimability of the habitual drunkard.
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