irreconcilable
adjective/ɪˌrekənˈsaɪləbl/, /ɪˈrekənsaɪləbl/
/ɪˌrekənˈsaɪləbl/, /ɪˈrekənsaɪləbl/
(formal)- if differences or disagreements are irreconcilable, they are so great that it is not possible to settle them
- a seemingly irreconcilable conflict
- The break-up was due to ‘irreconcilable differences’.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- seem
- …
- apparently
- seemingly
- ultimately
- …
- with
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- if an idea or opinion is irreconcilable with another, it is impossible for somebody to have both of them together
- This view is irreconcilable with common sense.
- These practices are irreconcilable with the law of the Church.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- seem
- …
- apparently
- seemingly
- ultimately
- …
- with
- people who are irreconcilable cannot be made to agree
- irreconcilable enemies
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘implacably hostile’): from in- + reconcilable.
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