irretrievable
[ir-i-tree-vuh-buh l]
- not capable of being retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable.
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Origin of irretrievable
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Examples from the Web for irretrievable
Contemporary Examples
His death during the storm was recognized as an irretrievable loss of part of what made the neighborhood the neighborhood.
But she and her family have learned enough about irretrievable loss to keep a hard-earned perspective.
Historical Examples
The man's chance is not irretrievable, at least such is the theory.
Lord KilgobbinCharles Lever
What was to come of such a career, save immediate and irretrievable ruin?
Roland CashelCharles James Lever
And she had no wish to add this irretrievable folly to the original blunder.
The Lure of the MaskHarold MacGrath
After all the demolitions of Totila, the ruin was not irretrievable.
Theodoric the GothThomas Hodgkin
We know that the fact is irretrievable, and struggle to be proud of what we cannot help.
The Two AdmiralsJ. Fenimore Cooper
irretrievable
- not able to be retrieved, recovered, or repaired
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