irrecoverable
Americanadjective
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incapable of being recovered or regained.
an irrecoverable debt.
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unable to be remedied or rectified; irretrievable.
an irrecoverable loss.
adjective
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not able to be recovered or regained
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not able to be remedied or rectified
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of irrecoverable
First recorded in 1530–40; ir- 2 + recoverable
Vocabulary lists containing irrecoverable
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: in-, im-, il-, ir-
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Example Sentences
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Now, the Irrecoverable and Irretrievable Humiliations that have lately befallen the Turkish Power, are but so many Declarations of the second Woe passing away.
From The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches by Mather, Cotton
Irrecoverable simplicity—residing so in irrecoverable Style—has no sturdier representative.
From Italian Hours by James, Henry
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