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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
- 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
- absent
- adrift
- astray
- at end of one's rope
- at sea
- back to the wall
- beyond repair
- broken
- can't win
- cast away
- cureless
- dead duck
- deadly
- despairing
- despondent
- desponding
- destroyed
- disappeared
- disoriented
- down the drain
- downcast
- fallen between cracks
- fatal
- forfeit
- forfeited
- forlorn
- futile
- gone
- gone astray
- goner
- hard up
- hidden
- hopeless
- immedicable
- impossible
- in the soup
- in the toilet
- inconsolable
- incorrigible
- incurable
- inoperable
- invisible
- irrecoverable
- irredeemable
- irremediable
- irremedial
- irreparable
- irreplaceable
- irretrievable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- kiss goodbye
- lacking
- minus
- mislaid
- misplaced
- missed
- no-chance
- no-way
- no-win
- nowhere to be found
- nowhere to go
- obscured
- off-course
- out of time
- out the window
- remediless
- ruined
- running out of time
- sad
- serious
- strayed
- sunk
- terminal
- uncorrectable
- unrecoverable
- unredeemed
- up against it
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- vanished
- wandering
- wayward
- without
- wretched
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