beyond repair

phrase

: to such an extent that repair is not possible
The car was damaged beyond repair.

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Their starting rotation was ravaged with injuries and the bullpen was leaky beyond repair. — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026 The Hugo Chavez and Maduro regimes allowed the country’s oil infrastructure to deteriorate beyond repair. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 Well-loved and used items that are broken, damaged beyond repair, unsafe, or heavily stained or soiled should be thrown out. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2026 After just months into its mission, NASA engineers determined the spacecraft’s condition had deteriorated beyond repair. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for beyond repair

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“Beyond repair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20repair. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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