unreformable

Cannot be changed

Unreformable describes someone or something incapable of being reformed or improved.

A person may be unreformable because they refuse to change: The warden considered him unreformable and recommended against parole.

An institution or system may be unreformable because its flaws are too deeply embedded: Some argued the agency was unreformable and should be abolished entirely.

incorrigible

recidivist

Habitual criminal returner

delinquent · unregenerate · wayward · defiant · persistent · obstinate · intransigent · unapologetic · unmanageable · brazen

hopeless

irredeemable

Impossible to reform

incurable · terminal · futile · impossible · doomed · helpless · desperate · beyond redemption · unfixable · past saving

intractable

stubborn

Refusing to change course

rigid · unbending · adamant · implacable · uncompromising · headstrong · willful · bullheaded · dogged · pigheaded

immutable

permanent

Fixed without end

irreversible · entrenched · indelible · set · ingrained · deep-rooted · hardwired · constitutional · inherent · innate

Opposites
capacity for change or improvement

unreformablereformable

Able to be corrected

improvable · salvageable · redeemable · corrigible · changeable

moral or behavioral malleability

unreformablecorrigible

Able to be amended

redeemable · reformable · salvageable · reclaimable · teachable

moral condition

unreformablevirtuous

Morally excellent, principled

righteous · upright · good · moral · ethical

Family

reform, reformed, reformer, reforming, reformation, reformist, deformation, reformable, reformatory

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G