irrecoverable

[ ir-i-kuhv-er-uh-buhl ]

/ ˌɪr ɪˈkʌv ər ə bəl /

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adjective

incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.

unable to be remedied or rectified; irretrievable: an irrecoverable loss.

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Origin of irrecoverable

First recorded in 1530–40; ir-² + recoverable

OTHER WORDS FROM irrecoverable

ir·re·cov·er·a·ble·ness, nounir·re·cov·er·a·bly, adverb

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How to use irrecoverable in a sentence

I have dwelt on this as an illustration of how irrecoverably a man loses his manhood when he is made a God.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
The Association itself was in the same condition—gone irrecoverably likewise.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He was certainly better, but I could not help feeling that his constitution was irrecoverably broken.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh|George W. Foote
At daylight, in all probability, he was about to see all his work sink slowly and irrecoverably into the gulf.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo

Two days afterward the current washed the dead mule ashore at Matucanas, but its load was irrecoverably lost.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi

British Dictionary definitions for irrecoverable

irrecoverable

/ (ˌɪrɪˈkʌvərəbəl, -ˈkʌvrə-) /

adjective

not able to be recovered or regained

not able to be remedied or rectified

Derived forms of irrecoverable

irrecoverableness, nounirrecoverably, adverb

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