Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Irremediable \Ir`re*me"di*a*ble\, a. [L. irremediabilis: cf. F. irr['e]m['e]diable. See In- not, and Remediable.] Not to be remedied, corrected, or redressed; incurable; as, an irremediable disease or evil.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Late Latin irremediabilis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + remediabilis (see remediable).
Wiktionary
a. unable to be remedied, cured, corrected or repaired; irreparable, incurable.
WordNet
adj. impossible to remedy or correct or redress; "an irremediable error"; "irremediable defects of character" [ant: remediable]
Wikipedia
IrremeDIABLE is the ninth studio album by the French band Misanthrope. It is also the first concept album by the band, being based on the life and works of Charles Baudelaire. This album was released in two versions: the single CD, and a limited deluxe box containing a CD and a DVD. A video-clip of "Névrose" was made as well.
Usage examples of "irremediable".
Paris after the destruction of the Bastile, a step which she had always regarded as the forerunner and cause of some of the most irremediable encroachments of the Revolutionists.
This then becomes the only defence against nostalgia in the face of the irremediable fleetingness of time.
The kind of scouring that the fibres receive in this case need only be of a comparatively light character, but it must never be omitted, even for dark shades, as the traces of grease which the fibre contains are the causes of nearly irremediable stains in the dyeing operations.
Wyvern, with whose philosophy we have some acquaintance, exerted himself to make the best of the irremediable, and Adela already owed him much for his unobtrusive moral support.
For all such there must be deep and unpatronizing compassion, even a special kind of reverence and respect, because, after all, in them the Self is playing its most far-out and daring game--the game of having lost Itself completely and of being in danger of some total and irremediable disaster.
But suddenly I remembered it, the irremediable asperities of an inhuman world vanished, as if by magic.
Pop went broke and his was the irremediable brokeness of a man past fifty who has never worked for other people.