unreversableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈvəːsəbl/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈvərsəb(ə)l/ Irreversible.
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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
1616 T. Gainsford Rich Cabinet f. 130v They runne headlong to infinite and vnreuerseable euils.
1650 E. Marbury Brief Comm. Obadiah 20 The judgements of God against the wicked be unreversable.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. viii. 141 The decision remaining unreversed, and, but for legislative authority, unreversable.
1873 Boston Daily Advertiser 21 Nov. We are told that the great laws of the universe..roll on unreversable and unchangeable.
1908 Rec. Supreme Court U.S. No. 745. 16 The Supreme Court has now made that decision unreversable, by denying certiorari.
1961 Amarillo (Texas) Globe-Times 24 Mar. 19/4 The lens compensates for these usually unreversable changes.
2011 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald 24 Oct. 5 Delays and lack of attention cause unreversable consequences.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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