inreconcilable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From in- + reconcilable.
Adjective
[edit]inreconcilable (not comparable)
- not capable of being reconciled
- 2009, Barrack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech:
- So part of our challenge is reconciling these two seemingly inreconcilable truths -- that war is sometimes necessary, and war at some level is an expression of human folly.
Synonyms
[edit]- irreconcilable (much more common)
- nonreconcilable
- unreconcilable