irredeemable
/ɪɹəˈdiːməbəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not able to be cancelled by a payment or converted to another form of currency or financial instrument, especially one considered more secure or reliable.
noun
A financial instrument that cannot be freely redeemed.
Example Sentences
- "It wavered an instant—then there was a heartrending crash—and the canary-coloured cart, their pride and their joy, lay on its side in the ditch, an irredeemable wreck."
- "She was horribly frightened; but she had pledged her word now, and it was irredeemable."
- "To Mr. [Jeff] Epstein, Mr. [Steve] Bannon said that while others called him irredeemable, “you are a lot of things — which we will show — but you are NOT that.”"
- "The subscribers to a new loan, who mean generally to sell their subscription as soon as possible, prefer greatly a perpetual annuity, redeemable by parliament, to an irredeemable annuity, for a long term of years, of only equal amount."
- "Investors have always had to trust somebody or something. . . . But they have not always had to make a leap of faith about a nation's irredeemable paper currency. Up until Aug. 15, 1971 the dollar was exchangeable into gold at the rate of $35 to the ounce."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin ir- English ir- Latin red- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin redimōbor. Old French redimerbor. Middle English redemen English redeem Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English redeemable English irredeemable From ir- + redeemable.