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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-rek-uh n-sahy-luh-buh l, ih-rek-uh n-sahy-
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈrɛk ənˌsaɪ lə bəl, ɪˌrɛk ənˈsaɪ-

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Origin :
  • 1590s, from French irréconcilable (16c.), from Medieval Latin *irreconcilabilis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + reconcilabilis (see reconcile). Related: Irreconcilably. As a noun from 1748.
  • adj hostile, conflicting
Example sentences :
  • And there are some things which are,' he stopped to sob, 'irreconcilable with that, and wound that—wound it deeply.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • There necessarily exists a permanent and irreconcilable conflict of interest.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • There is in them an irreconcilable mixture of fury and formalism.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • The differences of opinion among them were so great as apparently to be irreconcilable.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
  • We seem to find that the ideal of knowledge is irreconcilable with experience.
  • Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
  • I was so different from the Grenadier, so irreconcilable with Elsa's fancy portrait.
  • Extract from : « The King's Mirror » by Anthony Hope
  • On this issue the dispute in the convention was obstinate and irreconcilable.
  • Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
  • The governors and leaders imagined an irreconcilable antagonism.
  • Extract from : « The Better Germany in War Time » by Harold Picton
  • The two men were facing each other in irreconcilable yet confused antagonism.
  • Extract from : « The Argonauts of North Liberty » by Bret Harte
  • It is irreconcilable with the hypothesis of an intelligent and good Providence.
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware

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