irreformable

[ ir-i-fawr-muh-buhl ]

adjective

1. insusceptible to reforming influences; incorrigible.
2. not subject to improvement; final; perfect:

   irreformable doctrine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of irreformable¹

First recorded in 1600–10; ir- ² + reform ( def ) + -able

Example Sentences

Then I imagined their recognising with a blush and a shrug that she was unteachable, irreformable.

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Irreformable, ir-re-for′ma-bl, adj. not reformable, not subject to revision or improvement.

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All dogmatic decrees of the Pope, made with or without his general council, are infallible and irreformable.

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The argument will be made more clear if we substitute the term irreformable in the place of infallible.

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