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ir·re·duc·i·ble  (r-ds-bl, -dy-)

adj.

Impossible to reduce to a desired, simpler, or smaller form or amount: irreducible burdens.

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irre·duci·bili·ty, irre·duci·ble·ness n.

irre·duci·bly adv.

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irreducible

Adjective

impossible to put in a reduced or simpler form

irreducibility n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

irreducible - incapable of being made smaller or simpler; "an irreducible minimum"; "an irreducible formula"; "an irreducible hernia" reducible - capable of being reduced; "reducible to a set of principles of human nature"- Edmund Wilson