Definition of Irreducible

not able to be reduced or lessened

Examples of Irreducible in a sentence

While the third-grader was working on her math test, she realized that the fraction on her test was irreducible because it was already in its lowest possible terms. 🔊

Once the class size reached 40, the principal stated in a faculty meeting that the amount of students in a class was irreducible since they could not hire any more teachers. 🔊

With almost half the employees on summer vacation, the boss realized that working 12 hours a day would be irreducible because it would take him that long to finish all of the work for the week. 🔊

The long list of chores was irreducible for the perfectionist since her mother was visiting and she wanted her house to be spotless. 🔊

With the way the economy is going, the national debt will be irreducible unless the country starts paying back some of the foreign countries who lent it the money. 🔊

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