Incapable of being reduced, or brought into a different state; incapable of restoration to its proper or normal condition; as, an irreducible hernia
Incapable of being reduced to a simpler form of expression; as, an irreducible formula
incapable of being made smaller or simpler; "an irreducible minimum"; "an irreducible formula"; "an irreducible hernia
Irreducible things cannot be made simpler or smaller. the irreducible complexity of human life. reducible. an irreducible sum, level etc cannot be made smaller or simpler