irretrievable
/ɪrɪˈtriːvəb(ə)l
/adjective
Not able to be retrieved or put right: the irretrievable breakdown of their marriage...
- A couple are legally entitled to divorce after two years when there is an irretrievable breakdown - but only if both parties agree in writing.
- But fault was still a feature in many divorce cases, since irretrievable breakdown had to be shown in one of five ways.
- Two allegations effected an irretrievable breakdown between Toulouse and the University.
Synonyms
irreversible, unrectifiable, irremediable, irrevocable, irredeemable, irrecoverable, unrecoverable, irreparable, unrepairable, beyond repair;
irreclaimable, lost, lost and gone, gone forever, hopeless, past hope, beyond hope
Derivatives
irretrievability
/ noun ...- Memories, Sonnabend contends, are confabulations, artificial constructions that we design to protect ourselves against the irretrievability of past events in the face of our inevitable amnesia.
- It bespeaks a loss of something, while denying complete irretrievability of the absent object.
- Kelly Riechart's critically acclaimed road movie is a richly textured account of the irretrievability of the past.
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