irrecoverable

[ ir-i-kuhv-er-uh-buh l ]

/ ˌɪr ɪˈkʌv ər ə bəl /

incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.

unable to be remedied or rectified; irretrievable: an irrecoverable loss.

Origin of irrecoverable

First recorded in 1530–40; ir-² + recoverable

ir·re·cov·er·a·ble·ness, noun ir·re·cov·er·a·bly, adverb

To me at present the vital achievement of the book is that it inflicts an irrecoverable death-wound upon Intellectualism.

The Letters of William James, Vol. II |William James
It was like thinking on time, where the minute that now glides past is irrecoverable.

An Introduction to the History of Science |Walter Libby
On the one hand is the lofty massiveness of the Episcopal Palace—on the other the irrecoverable smash of poor men's homes.

The Challenge of the Dead |Stephen Graham
Draxy was not wont to allude to the lost and irrecoverable joys.

Saxe Holm's Stories |Helen Hunt Jackson

Now, in this sense, to redeem time already past is impossible, for when once gone it is irrecoverable.

The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World |Thomas Wood

irrecoverable

/ (ˌɪrɪˈkʌvərəbəl, -ˈkʌvrə-) /

not able to be recovered or regained

not able to be remedied or rectified

irrecoverableness, noun irrecoverably, adverb