Synonyms for irretrievable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ir-i-tree-vuh-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪr ɪˈtri və bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for irretrievable Other synonyms for the word irretrievable
- astray
- at end of one's rope
- at sea
- back to the wall
- beyond recall
- beyond repair
- broken
- can't win
- cast away
- certain
- changeless
- constant
- cureless
- dead duck
- despairing
- desponding
- destroyed
- disappeared
- doomed
- down the drain
- downcast
- established
- fallen between cracks
- fated
- final
- forfeit
- forfeited
- gone
- gone astray
- goner
- hard up
- hopeless
- impossible
- in the soup
- in the toilet
- inconsolable
- incorrigible
- incurable
- indelible
- inevitable
- invariable
- irrecoverable
- irredeemable
- irremediable
- irremedial
- irretrievable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- kiss goodbye
- lacking
- lost
- minus
- mislaid
- misplaced
- missed
- no-chance
- no-way
- no-win
- nowhere to be found
- obscured
- off-course
- out the window
- permanent
- predestined
- predetermined
- ruined
- running out of time
- sad
- settled
- strayed
- sunk
- unalterable
- uncorrectable
- unrecoverable
- unredeemed
- unrepealable
- unreversible
- up against it
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- vanished
- wandering
- wayward
- without
- wretched
Définition of irretrievable
Origin :- 1690s (implied in irretrievably), from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + retrievable (see retrieve). Related: Irretrievably.
- As in irreparable : adj unable to be fixed
- As in irrevocable : adj fixed, unchangeable
- As in lost : adj missing, off-track
- As in irreversible : adj irrevocable
- As in desperate : adj hopeless
- The man's chance is not irretrievable, at least such is the theory.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- What was to come of such a career, save immediate and irretrievable ruin?
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
- And she had no wish to add this irretrievable folly to the original blunder.
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
- After all the demolitions of Totila, the ruin was not irretrievable.
- Extract from : « Theodoric the Goth » by Thomas Hodgkin
- We know that the fact is irretrievable, and struggle to be proud of what we cannot help.
- Extract from : « The Two Admirals » by J. Fenimore Cooper
- The last act was reckless and irretrievable, but it was vague.
- Extract from : « The Queen of the Pirate Isle » by Bret Harte
- It was also a definite and irretrievable step towards separation.
- Extract from : « Belgium » by Emile Cammaerts
- But an irretrievable split on the remainder seemed inevitable.
- Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt and His Times » by Harold Howland
- Shaw had made a great mistake, but it was possibly not irretrievable.
- Extract from : « Two Daring Young Patriots » by W. P. Shervill
- Nobody else being able to put them right, there would be irretrievable confusion.
- Extract from : « Under the Waves » by R M Ballantyne
Antonyms for irretrievable
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