beyond repair
idiom
: to such an extent that repair is not possible
The car was damaged beyond repair.
Examples of beyond repair in a Sentence
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Play Video Later footage showed the entire aircraft engulfed in a massive blaze, suggesting the plane is damaged beyond repair.
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Danny Lee, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
What she cannot get used to is how her friends have scattered, their workplaces gone, their homes beyond repair or rents now out of reach.
—Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
The team’s inability to get anything at all going put way too much pressure on quarterback Baker Mayfield, which in turn stressed the Tampa Bay offense beyond repair.
—Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
In Don’t Hate Your House with the Property Brothers, families who think their homes are beyond repair or renovation will be shown a fresh perspective from the brothers.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
This was moments after a war in which many homes were ripped apart beyond repair or belief.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
The display was damaged beyond repair, the county prosecutor's office said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
More than a string of kind words to a woman whose ankle was likely fractured beyond repair.
—Cathleen Calkins, Longreads, 23 Jan. 2024
In some moments, the system seems fractured beyond repair.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
Danny Lee, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
What she cannot get used to is how her friends have scattered, their workplaces gone, their homes beyond repair or rents now out of reach.
—Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
The team’s inability to get anything at all going put way too much pressure on quarterback Baker Mayfield, which in turn stressed the Tampa Bay offense beyond repair.
—Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
In Don’t Hate Your House with the Property Brothers, families who think their homes are beyond repair or renovation will be shown a fresh perspective from the brothers.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
This was moments after a war in which many homes were ripped apart beyond repair or belief.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
The display was damaged beyond repair, the county prosecutor's office said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
More than a string of kind words to a woman whose ankle was likely fractured beyond repair.
—Cathleen Calkins, Longreads, 23 Jan. 2024
In some moments, the system seems fractured beyond repair.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
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“Beyond repair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20repair. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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