17 March 2018

irremediable

[ir-i-mee-dee-uh-buh l]

adjective

1. not admitting of remedy, cure, or repair:
irremediable conduct.

Origin of irremediable

Latin

1540-1550 From the Latin word irremediābilis, dating back to 1540-50. See ir-2, remediable

Related forms

irremediableness, noun
irremediably, adverb

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Examples from the Web for irremediable

Historical Examples

Why seek for knowledge, which can prove only that our wretchedness is irremediable ?
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth

And so the altercation in the night went on, over the irremediable.
Chance
Joseph Conrad

He suffered too much under a conviction of irremediable folly.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Joseph Conrad

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On this day

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17 March 1931 – The U.S. state of Nevada legalises gambling, which paves the way for the establishment of Las Vegas as the casino capital of America.

17 March 1966 – a hydrogen bomb is recovered from the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. The bomb had fallen from a U.S. B-52 after it collided with a KC-135 refuelling jet.