irreclaimable
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of irreclaimable
First recorded in 1600–10; ir- 2 + reclaimable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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America lost 56,480 men in Viet Nam, the last irreclaimable body count.
From Time Magazine Archive
He understood that once Cully had slept in freedom for a whole night he would be wild again and irreclaimable.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
It is, however, protected in great measure from the western storms by still higher ground, which consists of irreclaimable moors and morasses.
From The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.
Their irregular shape also condemns them for the most part with the many admirable but irreclaimable crooked rugs.
From The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by Ellwanger, W. D. (William DeLancey)
Many of them are hardened to the life, irreclaimable; there are convicts who go off after having served their time, even after they have been put on some land as their own.
From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
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