irrecoverably
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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"When the infection is so severe that the lungs are melting, they're irrecoverably damaged. That's when patients die."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2026
By postulating a random collapse, GRW theory destroys the possibility of knowing what led up to the collapsed state—which, by most accounts, means information about the system prior to its transformation becomes irrecoverably lost.
From Scientific American ● May 22, 2023
UK Sport has denied that England's possible bid to host the 2030 World Cup has been irrecoverably damaged by the disorder.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2021
But then Kate noticed something, and that was when the holiday went irrecoverably wrong.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017
While catching goats on this island, on which the cross of the first Spanish discoverer still stood, they were joined by Captain Cox, whom they had lost a fortnight before, as they feared, irrecoverably.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury
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