unredeemingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈdiːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈdimɪŋ/ That does not redeem (in various senses).
ΚΠ
1775 W. Hutchinson Week at Cottage 9 There unredeeming R—k—by often stray'd, to meditate on the forlorn fate of his paternal Lands.
1829 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. (ed. 4) XII. ii. 100 His great and unredeeming offence was one which, though never mentioned, could never be forgotten.
1877 S. Cox Salv. Mundi vii. 145 Doomed to an endless and unredeeming torment.
1919 Eclectic Med. Jrnl. Sept. 498 In the cities..the depressing and barrack-like tenement continued to spring up in all its unredeeming ugliness.
2008 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 6 May 19 The cultural elite regard suburban sprawl as an unredeeming place confined to the very margin of civilisation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
adj.1775