beyond repair

phrase

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

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And as time went on, the barn that was once the cornerstone of farm life slowly began deteriorating beyond repair, leading the farm to undergo another major change this year in an effort to restore the barn’s former liveliness. Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 4 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 17 Sep. 2026.

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