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irreˈpairable, a. Now rare. [ir-2.] That cannot be repaired. 1. Too far decayed to be repaired; past repair.
1722Lond. Gaz. No. 6118/3 The Houses..are irrepairable. †2. Of loss, damage, etc. = next. Obs.
1594R. Ashley tr. le Roy's Interch. Var. Things 126 b, Whose losse would be almost irrepairable. 1614Raleigh Hist. World iii. (1634) 129 To the utter dishonour of Sparta, and the irrepairable losse of all her former greatness. 1679Penn Addr. Prot. ii. 188 That Deceit is irrepairable. 1755Man No. 27. 7 To the irrepairable loss of these poor orphans. |