adj.
Impossible to reduce to a desired, simpler, or smaller form or amount: irreducible burdens.
irreducibility ir're·duc'i·bil'i·ty or ir're·duc'i·ble·ness n.
irreducibly ir're·duc'i·bly adv.
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