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irreclaimable

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ir·re·claim·a·ble  (r-klm-bl)
adj.
Impossible to reclaim; being such that reclamation is precluded: irreclaimable wasteland.
irre·claima·bili·ty, irre·claima·ble·ness n.
irre·claima·bly adv.
irreclaimable [ˌɪrɪˈkleɪməbəl]
adj
not able to be reclaimed
irreclaimability , irreclaimableness n
irreclaimably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.irreclaimableirreclaimable - insusceptible of reform; "vicious irreclaimable boys"; "irredeemable sinners"
irredeemable, unredeemable, unreformable
wicked - morally bad in principle or practice


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This turnkey had given him to understand that he was lodged, like some few others in the jail, apart from the mass of prisoners; because he was not supposed to be utterly depraved and irreclaimable, and had never occupied apartments in that mansion before.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
An immense belt of rocky mountains and volcanic plains, several hundred miles in width, must ever remain an irreclaimable wilderness, intervening between the abodes of civilization, and affording a last refuge to the Indian.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
According to this version of the story, Judge Pyncheon, exemplary as we have portrayed him in our narrative, was, in his youth, an apparently irreclaimable scapegrace.
House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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