irretrievableadj.

/ɪrɪˈtriːvəb(ə)l/

Etymology: ir- prefix².

That cannot be retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable.

ΘΚΠ

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

unrecoverable?a1425

unrecurable1465

irrecuperable1483

unregainable1644

irrecoverable1645

irretrievable1695

retrieveless1703

spurlos versenkt1918

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > irretrievable

uncoverlyc1225

irrevocable1382

returnless?1615

reverseless1630

unretrievable1684

irretrievable1695

retrieveless1703

revokeless1774

irredeemable1839

1695 [implied in: J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 195 It..must needs have been all irretrievably lost, and useless to Mankind. (at irretrievably adv.)].

1702 D. Defoe Shortest-way with Dissenters 10 With an absolute, and, as they suppose, irretrievable Victory.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 423. ⁋5 The Condition of Gloriana, I am afraid, is irretrievable.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) III. xlviii. 49 He perceived the irretrievable decline of his brother's health.

1821 Duke of Wellington Dispatches Oct. (1867) I. 195 Whether we shall.. give up the government to the Whigs and Radicals, or, in other words, the country in all its relations, to irretrievable ruin?

1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill ii. vii The time approached when the irretrievable step must be taken.

Derivatives

irretrievaˈbility n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > [noun] > condition of being lost completely

irretrievability1847

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [noun] > beyond retrieval

irrecoverableness1607

irrevocableness1649

irreclaimableness1748

irretrievability1847

irreclaimability1881

1847 T. De Quincey Secret Societies in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 662/2 The fatal irretrievability of early errors in life.

1882 ‘A. Thomas’ Allerton Towers I. viii. 137 The boldness and irretrievability of the step he has taken.

irreˈtrievableness n. the quality of being irretrievable.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Irretrievableness.

Draft additions September 2017

irretrievable breakdown n. Law the deterioration of a marriage to such an extent that there is no hope of a reconciliation; a situation of this kind as a ground for divorce.As a ground for divorce, irretrievable breakdown is variously and broadly defined in different jurisdictions.

ΚΠ

1956 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 7 186 The Women's Co-Operative Guild, for example, proposed the irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a ground of dissolution.

1988 Jet 26 Sept. 9/1 Citing ‘irretrievable breakdown’, she filed for a no-fault divorce.

2016 Hindustan Times 10 Sept. He failed to prove the irretrievable breakdown of their marriage.

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

单词	irretrievable
释义	irretrievableadj. /ɪrɪˈtriːvəb(ə)l/ Etymology: ir- prefix². That cannot be retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > lost > completely unrecoverable?a1425 unrecurable1465 irrecuperable1483 unregainable1644 irrecoverable1645 irretrievable1695 retrieveless1703 spurlos versenkt1918 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > irretrievable uncoverlyc1225 irrevocable1382 returnless?1615 reverseless1630 unretrievable1684 irretrievable1695 retrieveless1703 revokeless1774 irredeemable1839 1695 [implied in: J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 195 It..must needs have been all irretrievably lost, and useless to Mankind. (at irretrievably adv.)]. 1702 D. Defoe Shortest-way with Dissenters 10 With an absolute, and, as they suppose, irretrievable Victory. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 423. ⁋5 The Condition of Gloriana, I am afraid, is irretrievable. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) III. xlviii. 49 He perceived the irretrievable decline of his brother's health. 1821 Duke of Wellington Dispatches Oct. (1867) I. 195 Whether we shall.. give up the government to the Whigs and Radicals, or, in other words, the country in all its relations, to irretrievable ruin? 1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill ii. vii The time approached when the irretrievable step must be taken. Derivatives irretrievaˈbility n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > [noun] > condition of being lost completely irretrievability1847 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [noun] > beyond retrieval irrecoverableness1607 irrevocableness1649 irreclaimableness1748 irretrievability1847 irreclaimability1881 1847 T. De Quincey Secret Societies in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 662/2 The fatal irretrievability of early errors in life. 1882 ‘A. Thomas’ Allerton Towers I. viii. 137 The boldness and irretrievability of the step he has taken. irreˈtrievableness n. the quality of being irretrievable. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Irretrievableness. Draft additions September 2017 irretrievable breakdown n. Law the deterioration of a marriage to such an extent that there is no hope of a reconciliation; a situation of this kind as a ground for divorce.As a ground for divorce, irretrievable breakdown is variously and broadly defined in different jurisdictions. ΚΠ 1956 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 7 186 The Women's Co-Operative Guild, for example, proposed the irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a ground of dissolution. 1988 Jet 26 Sept. 9/1 Citing ‘irretrievable breakdown’, she filed for a no-fault divorce. 2016 Hindustan Times 10 Sept. He failed to prove the irretrievable breakdown of their marriage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1695
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