Antonyms for irrecoverable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ir-i-kuhv-er-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪr ɪˈkʌv ər ə bəl


Definition of irrecoverable

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Old French irrecovrable, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + recovrable (see recover). In same sense irrecuperable (from Late Latin irrecuperabilis) is from mid-14c. Related: Irrecoverably.
  • As in incurable : adj unfixable, unchangeable
  • As in irreparable : adj unable to be fixed
  • As in lost : adj missing, off-track
  • As in desperate : adj hopeless
Example sentences :
  • I perceived that she was irrecoverable, and yet I stood watching, watching, watching!
  • Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
  • Its Pitt is irrecoverable; and it may long look for another such.
  • Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
  • It was not what I had looked for; what I had looked for was in the irrecoverable past.
  • Extract from : « A Little Tour in France » by Henry James
  • He quitted that scene in a state of grievous and irrecoverable depression.
  • Extract from : « The Violin » by George Dubourg
  • It was as though a clock had struck, loud and inexorably, marking off some irrecoverable hour.
  • Extract from : « Sanctuary » by Edith Wharton
  • The salt becomes indissoluble and the paprika is irrecoverable flotsam.
  • Extract from : « The Main Chance » by Meredith Nicholson
  • The passion which she felt for Goldwin was an irrecoverable one.
  • Extract from : « An Ambitious Woman » by Edgar Fawcett
  • It was like thinking on time, when the minute that now glides past is irrecoverable.
  • Extract from : « The Andes and the Amazon » by James Orton
  • We follow it with our eyes as it floats from us—an irrecoverable delight.
  • Extract from : « The Mayor of Troy » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • Draxy was not wont to allude to the lost and irrecoverable joys.
  • Extract from : « Saxe Holm's Stories » by Helen Hunt Jackson

Synonyms for irrecoverable

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