unsalvageable

adjective

un·​sal·​vage·​able ˌən-ˈsal-vi-jə-bəl How to pronounce unsalvageable (audio)
: not capable of being salvaged : not salvageable
a house in unsalvageable condition
an unsalvageable relationship
unsalvageably adverb
a house in unsalvageably bad condition

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But the series still seemed unsalvageable. Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025 About 3,000 square feet of mats and subfloor were soaked inside the gym — most of it likely unsalvageable. Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Structurally unsalvageable steel also went to Rumpke, while salvageable steel went to regional steel mills such as Cohen Recycling. Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2025 The agencies did, of course, oppose unsalvageable anticompetitive deals. Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for unsalvageable

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unsalvageable was in 1917

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“Unsalvageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsalvageable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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