Definition of "irredeemable" [ir•re•deem•a•ble]

• That cannot be bought back or paid off: an irredeemable annuity. (adjective)
• Not convertible into coin. (adjective)
• Impossible to remedy: irredeemable losses. (adjective)
• Impossible to redeem or reform: an irredeemable evil. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Only those Tobo identified as irredeemable creatures of the Protector faced the Company justice."
• "Having done my own share of drifting over the years, I am wary of the notion of irredeemable errors."
• "From what has been said, it follows that the death penalty as a punishment even for the worst crimes is morally untenable; for either the culprit is really irredeemable, that is to say, he is an irresponsible moral idiot, in which case an asylum for the insane is the proper place for him; or he is not irredeemable, in which case the chance of reformation should not be taken from him by cutting off his life."