beyond redemption
Past all saving
Beyond redemption describes something so damaged, corrupted, or morally fallen that it cannot be saved, repaired, or restored to good standing.
The phrase draws from religious concepts of spiritual salvation—what is beyond redemption is past the point where forgiveness or recovery is possible.
The building was beyond redemption and had to be demolished.
After the scandal, his reputation was beyond redemption.
Often used hyperbolically: This essay is beyond redemption—start over.
Dishonest, open to bribes
- depravedMorally corrupt, perverse
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
- fallenHaving dropped down
- sinfulViolating moral law
villainous · irredeemable · unforgivable · evil · nefarious · reprobate · degenerate · immoral
Condemned to hell
- doomedDestined for destruction
- condemnedOfficially declared unfit
- lostUnable to navigate
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
abandoned · hopeless · despairing · bleak · forlorn · desolate · past saving · unsaveable
Damaged beyond recovery
- destroyedMade to cease existing
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- damagedMade worse by injury
- irreversibleCannot be undone
unfixable · unsalvageable · irrecoverable · irretrievable · permanent · unmendable · unrectifiable · terminal
Odiously, shockingly evil
- atrociousAppallingly, shockingly wicked
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
- unpardonableImpossible to excuse
- inexcusableImpossible to justify
despicable · abominable · egregious · reprehensible · unconscionable · indefensible · unjustifiable · unforgivable
corrupt
Dishonest, open to bribes
sinful · villainous · irredeemable · unforgivable · evil · nefarious · reprobate · degenerate · immoral · disgraced
damned
Condemned to hell
forsaken · abandoned · hopeless · despairing · bleak · forlorn · desolate · past saving · unsaveable · irreclaimable
ruined
Damaged beyond recovery
irreversible · unfixable · unsalvageable · irrecoverable · irretrievable · permanent · unmendable · unrectifiable · terminal · totaled
heinous
Odiously, shockingly evil
- atrociousAppallingly, shockingly wicked
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
- unpardonableImpossible to excuse
inexcusable · despicable · abominable · egregious · reprehensible · unconscionable · indefensible · unjustifiable · unforgivable · mortal sin
beyond redemptionsalvageable
Able to be rescued
redeemable · savable · recoverable · reparable · fixable
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