unreconciliableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˌrɛk(ə)nˈsɪlɪəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˌrɛkənˈsɪliəb(ə)l/ Irreconcilable. Cf. unreconcilable adj., irreconciliable adj.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > fact or condition of being unreconciled > [adjective] > not easily reconciled
unreconcilable?1560
unreconciliable1573
inexpiable1598
irreconcilable1599
irreconciliable1601
unconciliablea1614
incompatible1623
unatonable1683
1573 T. Bedingfield tr. G. Cardano Comforte iii. sig. Miiiv Hee notwithstandinge didde followe hym wyth Hate vnreconsiliable [L. odio tamen irreconciliabili eum persequeretur].
1589 T. White Serm. Paules Crosse 47 Deuiding his [sc. Christ's] Bodie by vnreconciliable hatred among our selues.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. i. 47 Let me lament..that our Starres Vnreconciliable, should diuide our equalnesse to this. View more context for this quotation
1628 tr. P. Matthieu Powerfull Favorite 87 From this instant their mindes became vnreconciliable.
1700 R. Russel Accepted Time & Day Salvation 11 Then God and you will be unreconciliable for euer.
1844 Times & Seasons 1 Jan. 754/1 Upon mature reflection, and enquiry at the hand of the Lord, we find some things that are unreconciliable.
1910 Pacific Coast Jrnl. Homoeopathy June 209 There are certain features of our art to be laid aside at present unexplainable, unreconciliable with our conception of its science.
1998 M. Jackson Minima Ethnographica 179 His stories of antagonism and revenge had touched on what were perhaps unreconciliable differences.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1573