replace
verb (used with object)
to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing).
unreplaceable
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a word derived from
replace.
Example Sentences
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The present capitol suffered a heavy loss in the burning of its library in 1911, by which many unreplaceable books and original documents were destroyed.
From The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. by New York Central Railroad Company
Kolin is lost, the fruit of Prag Victory too is lost; and Schwerin and new tens of thousands, unreplaceable for worth in this world, are lost; much is lost!
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Thomas Carlyle
Mr. Sheridan has acquired various unusual and unreplaceable recipes—I believe he secured from Wladislaw Benda, the illustrator, a rare and secret formula for the preparation of a species of Hungarian or Polish pastry.
From When Winter Comes to Main Street by Grant Martin Overton
Made in a certain mood, viewed through a certain temperament, conceived under certain conventions, it may be, it often is, an unreplaceable poem, a vision that may never be seen again.
From The Victorian Age in Literature by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Finally, the chemical properties of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen are equally unique and unreplaceable.
From The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments by William A. (William Asbury) Williams
