different between unprincipled vs irreclaimable

English

Etymology

un- +? principled

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?p??ns?p?ld/

Adjective

unprincipled (comparative more unprincipled, superlative most unprincipled)

1. lacking moral values

Synonyms

• licentious, immoral

Related terms

• principled
• principle

Translations

References

• Oxford English Dictionary

English

Etymology

ir- +? reclaimable

Adjective

irreclaimable

1. Incapable of being reclaimed; not reclaimable.

   irreclaimable land

2. Unredeemable.

   an irreclaimable criminal

   • 1836, Grantley Berkeley, Berkeley Castle: An Historical Romance (volume 1, page 174)

     Even then, Wingfield endeavoured to retain the hawk by the substitution of another — young Kate, as he called her, a wild, raking bird as ever flew, whose kitish propensities had, some time before, led him to give her up as irreclaimable.

Derived terms

• irreclaimably

References

• irreclaimable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• irreclaimable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.