unamendableadj.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > that cannot be improved upon
unamendablea1525
incorrigible1611
unimprovable1822
unbetterable1874
the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > put right or amended > able to be > not
remedilessa1513
unamendablea1525
incorrigible1541
irremediable1547
unreprievable1593
irremediless1602
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [adjective] > reformed > able to be > not
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a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 928 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 124 My first making quod scho was vnamendable.
c1550 J. Cheke Let. in Athenæum 28 Aug. (1909) 237/2 If you think yourself unamendable.
1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xxxviii. f. 112 His vnamendable wickednes and continuall blasphemy.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie i. 6 Let vs aduise our selues to make our profit therof and let vs not be vnamendable.
1646 R. Baillie Let. 14 July (1841) II. 378 The Independents miserable unamendable designe to keep all things from any conclusion.
1653 tr. F. Carmeni Nissena 10 Struck with admiration to behold those..unamendable beauties.
1729 A. Pope Corr. 9 Oct. (1956) III. 58 [Gay] is the same man: So is every one here that you know: mankind is unamendable.
1817 J. Bentham Plan Parl. Reform Introd. 174 A pure and ever unamendable despotism.
1853 W. Whewell tr. H. Grotius De Jure Belli II. 277 When a man who is unamendable is removed from life, that he may not commit more or greater crimes.
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