irreconcilable
pronunciation
How to pronounce irreconcilable in British English:
UK [ɪˌrekənˈsaɪləbl]
How to pronounce irreconcilable in American English:
US [ɪˌrekənˈsaɪləbl]
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- Adjective:
- impossible to reconcile
Word Origin
- irreconcilable (adj.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. Some differences on this matter are irreconcilable .
- 2. These approaches are almost irreconcilable .
- 3. Breathless indian commentary talks of irreconcilable rivalry , even future conflict .
- 4. And because this is exactly what mr putin cannot offer , the conflict between him and them is irreconcilable .
- 5. In the divorce papers , longoria cites the standard ' irreconcilable differences ' as the reason for the split .