irreversible
/ɪrɪˈvəːsɪb(ə)l
/adjective
Not able to be undone or altered: she suffered irreversible damage to her health...
- Its repeal is a matter of urgency before irreversible damage is done to the energy market, the economy as a whole and to democracy itself.
- The future effects are unknown, but drug experts fear they may include irreversible brain damage or mental illness.
- And though it looks attractive, it causes irreversible liver damage to horses and cattle which eat it.
Synonyms
irreparable, unrepairable, beyond repair, unrectifiable, irremediable, irrevocable;
permanent, lasting, enduring, abiding;
unalterable, unchangeable, invariable, immutable, final, binding, absolute, categorical;
Law peremptory, unappealable
Derivatives
irreversibility
/ noun ...- The young represent the irreversibility of time; they pose a standing threat of innovation and change.
- I have shown that irreversibility can then lead to structure, to self-organization.
- Bulgaria will always need a partnership that is to a degree a guarantee for the normal flow of processes and their irreversibility.