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irretrievable
adjective
1 irretrievable
Impossible to recover or recoup or overcome:
— An irretrievable loss.
— Irretrievable errors in judgment.
synonym: unretrievable.
Roget 150:
unchangeable,
immutable;
unaltered,
unalterable;
not to be changed,
constant;
permanent
etc.
141;
invariable,
undeviating;
stable,
durable;
perennial
etc.
(diuturnal)
110†.
fixed,
steadfast,
firm,
fast,
steady,
balanced;
confirmed,
valid;
fiducial†;
immovable,
irremovable,
riveted,
rooted;
settled,
established
etc.
v.;
vested;
incontrovertible,
stereotyped,
indeclinable.
tethered,
anchored,
moored,
at anchor,
on a rock,
rock solid,
firm as a rock;
firmly seated,
firmly established
etc.
v.;
deep-rooted,
ineradicable;
inveterate;
obstinate
etc.
606.
transfixed,
stuck fast,
aground,
high and dry,
stranded.
[movable object rendered unmovable]
stuck,
jammed;
unremovable;
quiescent
etc.
265;
deterioration
etc.
659.
indefeasible,
irretrievable,
intransmutable†,
incommutable†,
irresoluble†,
irrevocable,
irreversible,
reverseless†,
inextinguishable,
irreducible;
indissoluble,
indissolvable†;
indestructible,
undying,
imperishable,
incorruptible,
indelible,
indeciduous†;
insusceptible,
insusceptible of change.
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Roget 776:
losing
etc.
v.;
not having
etc.
777.1.
shorn of,
deprived of;
denuded,
bereaved,
bereft,
minus,
cut off;
dispossessed
etc.
789;
rid of,
quit of;
out of pocket.
lost
etc.
v.;
long lost;
irretrievable
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
off one's hands.
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Roget 859:
hopeless,
desperate,
despairing,
gone,
in despair,
au desespoir [Fr.],
forlorn,
desolate;
inconsolable
etc.
(dejected)
837;
broken hearted.
unpromising,
unpropitious;
inauspicious,
ill-omened,
threatening,
clouded over.
out of the question,
not to be thought of;
impracticable
etc.
471;
past hope,
past cure,
past mending,
past recall;
at one's last gasp
etc.
(death)
360;
given up,
given over.
incurable,
cureless,
immedicable,
remediless,
beyond remedy;
incorrigible;
irreparable,
irremediable,
irrecoverable,
irreversible,
irretrievable,
irreclaimable,
irredeemable,
irrevocable;
ruined,
undone;
immitigable.
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Moby thesaurus: ablated, beyond recall, beyond remedy, by the board, changeless, constant, consumed, cureless, depleted, dissipated, eroded, expended, forfeit, forfeited, gone, immedicable, immutable, incommutable, inconvertible, incorrigible, incurable, indefeasible, inert, inoperable, insusceptible of change, intransmutable, invariable, irreclaimable, irrecoverable, irredeemable, irreformable, irremediable, irreparable, irreversible, irrevocable, lasting, long-lost, lost, lost to, noble, nonreturnable, nonreversible, out the window, past hope, past praying for, permanent, remediless, reverseless, ruined, shrunken, squandered, terminal, unalterable, unalterative, unaltered, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, uncorrectable, undeflectable, undeviating, undone, unmitigable, unmodifiable, unrelievable, unremitting, unrestorable, unreturnable, unsalvable, unsalvageable, unsusceptible, unvariable, unvarying, used, used up, wasted, worn away ... show more.
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