irrecoverableadj.

/ɪrɪˈkʌvərəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < ir- prefix² + recover v.¹ + -able suffix: compare recoverable adj. and French irrécouvrable (c1586 in Littré).

†1. That cannot be recalled or revoked; irrevocable. Obsolete.

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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchangeable

unchangeablea1340

immovablec1374

unmovablec1384

immutable1412

unvariablec1425

indeclinable1432

unmutable?a1439

incommutablec1450

irrevocable1490

impermutable1528

irrecoverable1540

inalterable?1541

unreformable1549

inchangeable1583

beyond (also past, without) recall1597

incontrollable1605

invariable1607

unalterable1611

unrecallable1611

untransmutable1611

unreversable1616

involublea1618

irreversible1629

irreducible1633

inconvertible1646

eternal1685

intransmutable1691

unconvertible1700

unvoidable1725

unmodifiable1798

irreformable1812

irrevertible1822

irredeemable1839

true1845

influxible1871

irrevisable1884

intransformable1887

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [adjective] > not capable of revocation

stable1297

undefeasible1461

unrevocable1464

irrevocable1490

incoverable1526

irrecoverable1540

unrepealable1574

uncancellable1606

unrecallable1611

inabrogable1617

unretractable1624

irreversible1629

unalterable1631

irrepealable1633

indeposable1673

irreclaimable1834

irretractable1880

1540 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 115 I Syr Rog^r Gray..thoft I be seke in my body, maks my last Wyll irrecou'able & testament in manner & form folowyng.

1635 Grammar Warre D vij There was giuen irrecouerable power to the deputed, to exile all corrupters of Grammar.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 184 Persons lying under an irrecoverable sentence of death.

1817 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revelation v. 183 Loaded with the fetters of irrecoverable bondage.

2. That cannot be recovered or got back: chiefly in reference to things lost.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > lost > completely

unrecoverable?a1425

unrecurable1465

irrecuperable1483

unregainable1644

irrecoverable1645

irretrievable1695

retrieveless1703

spurlos versenkt1918

1645 City Alarum 6 Occasions once lost are irrecoverable.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 250 The greater part is lost and buried in the Sea, where it is irrecoverable.

1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xvi. 286 Their lands were..forfeited, and their debts irrecoverable.

1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 131 Which renders the assurance irrecoverable if the ship is lost.

1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism i. 10 Without losing a day of irrecoverable time.

a. Incapable of being restored to health; incurable; past recovery; incapable of being restored to life, as after drowning, suffocation, etc. archaic.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of persons: beyond cure or remedy > of disease or wound

recurelessc1425

unrecoverable1461

remedilessa1513

cureless1557

irrecoverable1594

unrecuring1594

immedicable1596

unruly1596

irrecured1598

irrelievable1670

irremediable1801

incorrigible1804

immedicinable1826

untreatable1865

inoperable1886

unrelievable1898

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of persons: beyond cure or remedy

remedilessa1500

unrecurable1597

insanable1657

irrecoverable1708

unredeemable1813

reliefless1852

incurable1879

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. To Rdr. sig. b2 By some irrecouerable disease.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 607 Being taken with an irrecouerable Palsie, he well knew his time to be short.

1708 O. Bridgman in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 26 139 He fell..into a Violent Fever..and if not dead yet, is pronounced irrecoverable.

1772 J. Priestley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 182 They..are sometimes affected so suddenly, that they are irrecoverable after a single inspiration.

1809 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 369 Irrecoverable ill health.

1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. 255 It is an erroneous opinion that persons are irrecoverable because life does not soon make its appearance.

b. figurative. Not capable of being remedied or rectified; that cannot be made good; irretrievable; irremediable; irreclaimable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of events, actions, etc.

unbootlyc1225

uncurablea1340

bootlessa1375

incurable1377

unremediablea1382

irreparablea1420

irrecuperable1430

unrecuperable?a1439

unrecoverable1461

unrecurable1465

remedilessa1513

remedeless1523

unrecompensablea1530

inemendable1532

immedicable1533

irrecoverablec1540

insanable1547

irremediable1547

irrecurable1548

unredeemable1551

cureless1557

unreparable1568

unrepairable1576

unmendable1584

unrelievablea1586

remedless1590

recurelessa1592

irrepairable1594

unrecovered1598

irremediless1602

unredressable1607

unsalvable1624

unrallied1651

reliefless1677

irrelievable1797

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. vi. iii. f. 55/2 Corbreid..brocht thaym to sic irrecouerabyll afflictioun and slauchter, that thay mycht neuir inuade this realme duryng his lyffe.

1586 Let. Earle Leycester 24 A person obdurate..and irrecouerable.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 31 The losse that both you and the Kingdome have now sustained, is irrecoverable.

1679 C. Ness Protestant Antidote Popery Ded. 8 A final and irrecoverable fall.

1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. vii. 94 After he sees his circumstances irrecoverable.

1808 G. Edwards Plain Pract. Plan iii. 22 Extensive and irrecoverable deteriorations.

1878 F. A. Kemble Rec. Girlhood I. ii. 38 The loss of her favourite son affected her with irrecoverable sorrow.

†4. That cannot be recovered from. Obsolete.

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the world > life > death > cause of death > [adjective]

deadlyc893

deathlyOE

deathfula1250

mortalc1390

capitalc1426

exitialc1475

fey1488

mortuala1500

perishinga1500

fatal?1518

ferial1528

mortiferousa1538

deadc1540

exitious?1545

deathlike1548

mortifying1555

starvingc1600

lethal1604

speedingc1604

vital1612

irrecoverable1614

feral1621

lethiferous1651

mortific1651

mortifical1657

daggering1694

exitiose1727

fateful1764

kill-devil1831

unsurvivable1839

lethiferal1848

tachythanatous1860

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iii. §15. 517 Giuing some deadly and irrecouerable poyson.

1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 190 Their pretended gentle Rest, to the shame of Medicine, is a horrid irrecoverable Sleep.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	irrecoverable
释义	irrecoverableadj. /ɪrɪˈkʌvərəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < ir- prefix² + recover v.¹ + -able suffix: compare recoverable adj. and French irrécouvrable (c1586 in Littré). †1. That cannot be recalled or revoked; irrevocable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchangeable unchangeablea1340 immovablec1374 unmovablec1384 immutable1412 unvariablec1425 indeclinable1432 unmutable?a1439 incommutablec1450 irrevocable1490 impermutable1528 irrecoverable1540 inalterable?1541 unreformable1549 inchangeable1583 beyond (also past, without) recall1597 incontrollable1605 invariable1607 unalterable1611 unrecallable1611 untransmutable1611 unreversable1616 involublea1618 irreversible1629 irreducible1633 inconvertible1646 eternal1685 intransmutable1691 unconvertible1700 unvoidable1725 unmodifiable1798 irreformable1812 irrevertible1822 irredeemable1839 true1845 influxible1871 irrevisable1884 intransformable1887 the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [adjective] > not capable of revocation stable1297 undefeasible1461 unrevocable1464 irrevocable1490 incoverable1526 irrecoverable1540 unrepealable1574 uncancellable1606 unrecallable1611 inabrogable1617 unretractable1624 irreversible1629 unalterable1631 irrepealable1633 indeposable1673 irreclaimable1834 irretractable1880 1540 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 115 I Syr Rog^r Gray..thoft I be seke in my body, maks my last Wyll irrecou'able & testament in manner & form folowyng. 1635 Grammar Warre D vij There was giuen irrecouerable power to the deputed, to exile all corrupters of Grammar. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 184 Persons lying under an irrecoverable sentence of death. 1817 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revelation v. 183 Loaded with the fetters of irrecoverable bondage. 2. That cannot be recovered or got back: chiefly in reference to things lost. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > lost > completely unrecoverable?a1425 unrecurable1465 irrecuperable1483 unregainable1644 irrecoverable1645 irretrievable1695 retrieveless1703 spurlos versenkt1918 1645 City Alarum 6 Occasions once lost are irrecoverable. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 250 The greater part is lost and buried in the Sea, where it is irrecoverable. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xvi. 286 Their lands were..forfeited, and their debts irrecoverable. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 131 Which renders the assurance irrecoverable if the ship is lost. 1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism i. 10 Without losing a day of irrecoverable time. 3. a. Incapable of being restored to health; incurable; past recovery; incapable of being restored to life, as after drowning, suffocation, etc. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of persons: beyond cure or remedy > of disease or wound recurelessc1425 unrecoverable1461 remedilessa1513 cureless1557 irrecoverable1594 unrecuring1594 immedicable1596 unruly1596 irrecured1598 irrelievable1670 irremediable1801 incorrigible1804 immedicinable1826 untreatable1865 inoperable1886 unrelievable1898 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of persons: beyond cure or remedy remedilessa1500 unrecurable1597 insanable1657 irrecoverable1708 unredeemable1813 reliefless1852 incurable1879 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. To Rdr. sig. b2 By some irrecouerable disease. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 607 Being taken with an irrecouerable Palsie, he well knew his time to be short. 1708 O. Bridgman in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 26 139 He fell..into a Violent Fever..and if not dead yet, is pronounced irrecoverable. 1772 J. Priestley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 182 They..are sometimes affected so suddenly, that they are irrecoverable after a single inspiration. 1809 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 369 Irrecoverable ill health. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. 255 It is an erroneous opinion that persons are irrecoverable because life does not soon make its appearance. b. figurative. Not capable of being remedied or rectified; that cannot be made good; irretrievable; irremediable; irreclaimable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of events, actions, etc. unbootlyc1225 uncurablea1340 bootlessa1375 incurable1377 unremediablea1382 irreparablea1420 irrecuperable1430 unrecuperable?a1439 unrecoverable1461 unrecurable1465 remedilessa1513 remedeless1523 unrecompensablea1530 inemendable1532 immedicable1533 irrecoverablec1540 insanable1547 irremediable1547 irrecurable1548 unredeemable1551 cureless1557 unreparable1568 unrepairable1576 unmendable1584 unrelievablea1586 remedless1590 recurelessa1592 irrepairable1594 unrecovered1598 irremediless1602 unredressable1607 unsalvable1624 unrallied1651 reliefless1677 irrelievable1797 c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. vi. iii. f. 55/2 Corbreid..brocht thaym to sic irrecouerabyll afflictioun and slauchter, that thay mycht neuir inuade this realme duryng his lyffe. 1586 Let. Earle Leycester 24 A person obdurate..and irrecouerable. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 31 The losse that both you and the Kingdome have now sustained, is irrecoverable. 1679 C. Ness Protestant Antidote Popery Ded. 8 A final and irrecoverable fall. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. vii. 94 After he sees his circumstances irrecoverable. 1808 G. Edwards Plain Pract. Plan iii. 22 Extensive and irrecoverable deteriorations. 1878 F. A. Kemble Rec. Girlhood I. ii. 38 The loss of her favourite son affected her with irrecoverable sorrow. †4. That cannot be recovered from. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > [adjective] deadlyc893 deathlyOE deathfula1250 mortalc1390 capitalc1426 exitialc1475 fey1488 mortuala1500 perishinga1500 fatal?1518 ferial1528 mortiferousa1538 deadc1540 exitious?1545 deathlike1548 mortifying1555 starvingc1600 lethal1604 speedingc1604 vital1612 irrecoverable1614 feral1621 lethiferous1651 mortific1651 mortifical1657 daggering1694 exitiose1727 fateful1764 kill-devil1831 unsurvivable1839 lethiferal1848 tachythanatous1860 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iii. §15. 517 Giuing some deadly and irrecouerable poyson. 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 190 Their pretended gentle Rest, to the shame of Medicine, is a horrid irrecoverable Sleep. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1540
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