Standard Lemma guide

irremediable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 R IH0 M IY1 D IY0 AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Unable to be remedied, cured, corrected or repaired; irreparable, incurable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • irremediable conflict
  • irremediable pain
  • irremediable harm

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

impossible to remedy or correct or redress

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an irremediable error
  • irremediable defects of character

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: remediable

History

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin irremediābilis. By surface analysis, ir- + remediable.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: irremediable — unable to be remedied
  • Belarusian: непапра́ўны (njepapráwny) — unable to be remedied
  • Bulgarian: непоправим (nepopravim) — unable to be remedied
  • Bulgarian: неизлечим (neizlečim) — unable to be remedied
  • Catalan: irremeiable — unable to be remedied
  • Dutch: onherstelbaar — unable to be remedied
  • French: irrémédiable — unable to be remedied
  • Galician: irremediable — unable to be remedied
  • Galician: irremediábel — unable to be remedied
  • Hungarian: orvosolhatatlan — unable to be remedied
  • Italian: irrimediabile — unable to be remedied
  • Polish: nieuleczalny — unable to be remedied
  • Portuguese: irremediável — unable to be remedied
  • Russian: непоправи́мый (nepopravímyj) — unable to be remedied
  • Spanish: irremediable — unable to be remedied
  • Swedish: urbota — unable to be remedied
  • Ottoman Turkish: چارهسز (çaresiz) — unable to be remedied
  • Ottoman Turkish: درمانسز (dermansız) — unable to be remedied
  • Ottoman Turkish: علاجسز (ʼilacsız) — unable to be remedied
  • Ukrainian: непопра́вний (nepoprávnyj) — unable to be remedied