irreconcilable

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French irréconciliable, from Late Latin irreconciliābilis, from in- (“not”) + reconciliō (“I reconcile”) + -ābilis (“-able”). By surface analysis, ir- +‎ reconcilable.

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Adjective

irreconcilable (comparative more irreconcilable, superlative most irreconcilable)

  1. Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
    • 1921, Lytton Strachey, “Lord Melbourne”, in Queen Victoria, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, section VI, page 82:
      he fact that the peccant doctor continued in the Queen's service made the Hastings family irreconcilable and produced an unpleasant impression of unrepentant error upon the public mind.
  2. Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.

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Noun

irreconcilable (plural irreconcilables)

  1. Something that cannot be reconciled.
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