irredeemableness

The prisoner's irredeemableness was clear to all.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quality of being beyond redemption or reform: "irredeemableness" refers to the state or condition of being impossible to save, correct, or improve. It describes something that is utterly hopeless or beyond recovery.
   • The quality of being non-convertible into money: In financial contexts, "irredeemableness" refers to the inability of a currency, note, or bond to be exchanged for a fixed amount of gold or silver, or to be redeemed for cash.

Usage Examples

• (The criminal's nature was so corrupt that it could not be reformed or saved.)
• (The notes could not be exchanged for money, making them valueless.)

Advanced Usage

• "irredeemableness of a situation": the hopelessness or inability to fix a particular state of affairs.
  • The irredeemableness of the economic crisis led to widespread despair. (The crisis could not be resolved, causing hopelessness.)

Variants and Related Words

• Irredeemable (adj): incapable of being redeemed, reformed, or corrected.
  • The villain was considered irredeemable by all who knew him. (The villain could not be saved or changed for the better.)
• Irredeemably (adv): in a way that is beyond redemption.
  • The relationship was irredeemably broken after the betrayal. (The relationship could not be repaired at all.)

Synonyms

• Hopelessness: the state of having no hope or possibility of improvement.
• Incorrigibility: the quality of being impossible to correct or reform, especially of a person's behaviour.
• Unredeemability: the condition of being unable to be redeemed or saved.

Related Idioms

• Beyond redemption: completely impossible to save or improve.
  • After his repeated lies, he was beyond redemption in her eyes. (He could not be forgiven or trusted again.)
• A lost cause: something or someone that cannot be saved or fixed.
  • The old factory was a lost cause; no investment could revive it. (The factory was irredeemable.)