irreducible

• Qui ne peut pas être réduit, simplifié ou décomposé en parties plus petites; qui ne peut pas être rendu plus petit ou plus simple.

Not able to be reduced or simplified; describes something that cannot be made smaller, simpler, or separated into constituent parts.

1. Cannot be simplifiedC1formal

   Incapable of being reduced, simplified, or made smaller in size, degree, or complexity.

   irréductible

   • The mathematician proved that the fraction is irreducible.
   • His argument was reduced to its irreducible core.
   • The problem remains irreducible despite multiple attempts to simplify it.
   • Some philosophical questions are irreducible to simple answers.

   Synonymesminimal

   Antonymesreducible