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# irreconcilable

adjective (irreconcilable)

«irreconcilable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Irreconcilable ideas, views or differences are so different that they can never be made to agree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#m1)
2. Irreconcilable people cannot become friends again after a quarrel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#m2)

### In the lessons

A formal word used in news, law and history: countries with irreconcilable aims, couples with «irreconcilable differences» who divorce. In stories it shows that a quarrel will never be mended. Phrases: irreconcilable differences, irreconcilable views.

### Examples

- The two sides had irreconcilable views about the new road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#x1)
- The brothers were irreconcilable after their quarrel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#x2)
- Their irreconcilable differences ended the band. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#x3)
- The witnesses gave irreconcilable stories — they can't both be true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#x4)
- The judge said the two facts were irreconcilable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#x5)
- The countries' aims were irreconcilable, and war followed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/#x6)

### Note

Spelling: double r — ir-REC-on-CILE-able. Prefix «ir-» means «not»; «reconcile» means make friends or make agree. Formal; in speech say «can't be sorted out» or «will never agree». In logic: two irreconcilable statements cannot both be true.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «irreconcilable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreconcilable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«irreconcilable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/irreconcilable.html) on Mova free.