unretrievableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈtriːvəbl/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈtrivəb(ə)l/ Irretrievable.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > irretrievable
uncoverlyc1225
irrevocable1382
returnless?1615
reverseless1630
unretrievable1684
irretrievable1695
retrieveless1703
revokeless1774
irredeemable1839
1684 A. Behn Love-lett. between Noble-man & Sister 28 Let the fond Coxcomb..perswade me 'tis Honour to fight for an unretrivable and unvalu'd Prize.
a1742 C. Howe Medit. Devout & Philos. (1751) 67 How many unretrievable Inconveniencies do Men fall into, purely from the Fickleness and continual Mutability of their Humours.
1828 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 29 Dec. A civil war..spread mourning and desolation over the whole country, and threatened the same with unretrievable destruction.
1872 Nation 22 Feb. 125/2 No unretrievable mistakes.
1918 Amer. Lawn Tennis 1 July 106/2 There was very little chasing after unretrievable balls.
2010 S. Kovalik Kid's Eye View of Sci. xiii. 13.9 Information that does not become part of a program is usually unretrievable—dumped from short-term memory and lost.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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