unrecuperableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈk(j)uːp(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈk(j)upərəb(ə)l/ Unrecoverable.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of events, actions, etc.
unbootlyc1225
uncurablea1340
bootlessa1375
incurable1377
unremediablea1382
irreparablea1420
irrecuperable1430
unrecuperable?a1439
unrecoverable1461
unrecurable1465
remedilessa1513
remedeless1523
unrecompensablea1530
inemendable1532
immedicable1533
irrecoverablec1540
insanable1547
irremediable1547
irrecurable1548
unredeemable1551
cureless1557
unreparable1568
unrepairable1576
unmendable1584
unrelievablea1586
remedless1590
recurelessa1592
irrepairable1594
unrecovered1598
irremediless1602
unredressable1607
unsalvable1624
unrallied1651
reliefless1677
irrelievable1797
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 6949 For counfortles and onrecuperable [1494 vnrecuparable; ?1554 vnrecurable] Ar thilke hepid sorwes.
c1535 T. Elyot Let. in Bk. named Gouernour (1880) I. Introd. p. cxvi To my importable charges and unrecuperable decay of my lyving.
1904 Alienist & Neurologist 25 492 The neurasthenic will go to the World's Fair,..and we should guide him on his way, if we can, against unrecuperable exhaustion.
1972 Financial Times 9 Mar. 7/7 The floods themselves are carrying millions of tons of unrecuperable water off to sea.
2001 Guardian (Nexis) 5 May 10 We are left in little doubt as to the unrecuperable sadnesses of J's life, standing in the tattered ruins of his existence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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