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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1652
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Unreclaimability, n. [Cf. e.m.E. vnreclaymeable (1577), vnreclaimable (1607); Reclame v.] Incapacity for being recalled to a better condition; incorrigibleness. —1652 Urquhart Jewel 180.
Their implacable obduredness, and unreclaimability of nature