mend
verb (used with object)
to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing.
unmendable
-
a word derived from
mend.
Example Sentences
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Eichel wanted a specific surgery to treat his herniated disc in his back, and the Sabres insisted on a fusion surgery, which created an unmendable relationship and a trade was imminent.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
“I hope we haven’t caused an unmendable rift between coworkers,” said Thorn, worrying the collar of her prairie dress.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
And that new entail is as unbreakable as the old broken one is unmendable.
From Quiet Talks on John's Gospel by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
Here tailors are constantly at work mending garments apparently unmendable, pressing, steaming, patching, sewing on buttons.
From Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front by Mary Roberts Rinehart
This, in cleaning or washing, contracts and leaves the buttonhole edging, and in a few cleanings it is a mass of unmendable rags.
From Chats on Old Lace and Needlework by Emily Leigh Lowes
