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Definition of irremediable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

irremediable

adjective
 
/ˌɪrɪˈmiːdiəbl/
 
/ˌɪrɪˈmiːdiəbl/
(formal)
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  1. too bad to be corrected or cured
    • an irremediable situation
    opposite remediable
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin irremediabilis, from in- ‘not’ + remediabilis ‘curable’ (from remedium ‘remedy’).
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