irretrievableadjective
uk/ˌɪr.ɪˈtriː.və.bəl/us/ˌɪr.əˈtriː.və.bəl/impossible to correct or return to a previously existing situation or condition:
I agree things look difficult, but the situation is far from irretrievable.
The couple separated on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown (of their marriage).
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Not able to be changed
- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots idiom
- be no hard and fast rules idiom
- burn your boats/bridges idiom
- congenital
- continuity
- fixed
- fixity
- hard line
- hard line
- immutable
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreducible
- irremediable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- ossify
- stuck
- uncompromising
- what's done is done idiom
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irretrievably
adverb uk/ˌɪr.ɪˈtriː.və.bli/us/ˌɪr.əˈtriː.və.bli/
irretrievably damaged/lost