IRRECOVERABLE

unrecoverable, irrecoverable

(adjective) incapable of being recovered or regained

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

irrecoverable (comparative more irrecoverable, superlative most irrecoverable)

Not recoverable; incapable of being recovered.

That cannot be recovered from or made good; irremediable.

Source: Wiktionary


Ir`re*cov"er*a*ble, a.

Definition: Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury. That which is past is gone and irrecoverable. Bacon.

Syn.

– Irreparable; irretrievable; irremediable; unalterable; incurable; hopeless.

– Ir`re*cov"er*a*ble*ness, n.

– Ir`re*cov"er*a*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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