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Ir`re*spon"si*ble (?), a. [Pref. ir- not + responsible: cf. F. irresponsable.]

1. Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer for consequences; innocent.

2. Not to be trusted; unreliable.

Ir`re*spon"si*bly, adv. So as not to be responsible.

Ir`re*spon"sive (?), a. Not responsive; not able, ready, or inclined to respond.

Ir`re*sus"ci*ta*ble (?), a. Incapable of being resuscitated or revived. -- Ir`re*sus"ci*ta*bly, adv.

Ir`re*ten"tion (?), n. Want of retaining power; forgetfulness. De Quincey.

Ir`re*ten"tive (?), a. Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory.

Ir`re*trace"a*ble (?), a. Incapable of being retraced; not retraceable.

Ir`re*tract"ile (?), a. 1. Not retractile.

2. Not tractile or ductile. [R.] Sir W. Hamilton.

Ir`re*triev"a*ble (?), a. Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss.

Syn. -- Irremediable; incurable; irrecoverable.

Ir`re*triev"a*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of being irretrievable.

Ir`re*triev"a*bly, adv. In an irretrievable manner.

Ir`re*turn"a*ble (?), a. Not to be returned.

Ir`re*veal"a*ble (?), a. Incapable of being revealed. -- Ir`re*veal"a*bly, adv.

Ir*rev"er*ence (?), n. [L. irreverentia: cf. F. irrévérence.] The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.

Ir*rev"er*end (?), a. Irreverent. [Obs.]

Immodest speech, or irreverend gesture.

Strype.

Ir*rev"er*ent (?), a. [L. irreverens, -entis: cf. F. irrévérent. See In- not, and Reverent.] Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest.

Ir*rev"er*ent*ly, adv. In an irreverent manner.

Ir`re*vers`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being irreversible; irreversibleness.

Ir`re*vers"i*ble (?), a. 1. Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine.

2. Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree.

This rejection of the Jews, as it is not universal, so neither is it final and irreversible.

Jortin.