irreparable
/ɪˈrɛp(ə)rəb(ə)l
/adjective
(Of an injury or loss) impossible to rectify or repair: they were doing irreparable damage to my heart and lungs...
- The whole nation mourned the irreparable loss as Nelson laid peacefully in his sarcophagus.
- Now, some people will insist that massive strokes leave irreparable injuries to the brain.
- We are doomed to choose, and every choice may entail an irreparable loss.
Synonyms
irreversible, irremediable, unrectifiable, irrevocable, irretrievable, irredeemable, unrestorable, irrecoverable, unrecoverable, unrepairable, beyond repair, past mending;
hopeless, past hope, beyond hope;
written off
Derivatives
irreparableness
irreparability
/ noun ...- Not surprisingly, Arendt names him as one who was aware of ‘the irreparability of the break in tradition’.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin irreparabilis, from in- 'not' + reparabilis (see reparable).
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