irretraceable

[ir-i-trey-suh-buhl]

adjective

1. unable to be retraced.

Other Word Forms

• irretraceably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of irretraceable¹

First recorded in 1840–50; ir- ² + retraceable ( def. )

Example Sentences

The ocean itself furnished its comment upon the irretraceable step which he had taken.

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Before committing ourselves to the dubious and irretraceable course of "Government ownership," or to the infectious expedient of a "pension system," is there anything of promise yet untried?—anything of superior simplicity and easier application?

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Without design, by a surprise on the part of both, the step has been taken which may well seem irretraceable. 

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He had taken a step forward and upward—a step irretraceable.

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More than to anything else he owed his power to his pledge, never violated, that he would never commit his followers to any irretraceable step without the consent of the Council, in which they were fully represented on a democratic basis.

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