different between irremediable vs unalterable

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin irremedi?bilis, surface analysis ir- +? remediable.

Adjective

irremediable (comparative more irremediable, superlative most irremediable)

1. Unable to be remedied, cured, corrected or repaired; irreparable, incurable.

Derived terms

• irremediableness
• irremediably

Translations

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin irremedi?bilis.

Adjective

irremediable (epicene, plural irremediables)

1. irremediable

Galician

Alternative forms

• irremediábel

Etymology

From Latin irremedi?bilis.

Adjective

irremediable m or f (plural irremediables)

1. irremediable

Antonyms

• remediable, remediábel

Derived terms

• irremediablemente

Middle French

Adjective

irremediable m or f (plural irremediables)

1. irremediable

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin irremedi?bilis.

Adjective

irremediable (plural irremediables)

1. irremediable

   Antonym: remediable

Derived terms

• irremediablemente

English

Etymology

un- +? alterable

Adjective

unalterable (comparative more unalterable, superlative most unalterable)

1. incapable of changing or being altered
   • ca. 1909, Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth, Letter VIII:

     ... every statute in the Bible and in the law books is an attempt to defeaat a law of God—in other words an unalterable and indestructible law of nature.

2. irrevocable or irreversible

Synonyms

• inalterable

Antonyms

• alterable

Derived terms

• unalterably

Translations

Anagrams

• unalertable, unrelatable