irreplaceable
adjective
ir·re·place·able
ˌir-i-ˈplā-sə-bəl 
: not replaceable
an irreplaceable antique
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Michael Russo, New York Times, 19 June 2025
There’s a popular myth in leadership that the best leaders are irreplaceable.
—Ryan McGrath, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
The UConn women’s basketball team may have lost an irreplaceable piece of its 2025 NCAA Championship roster in No. 1 WNBA Draft pick Paige Bueckers, but Geno Auriemma doesn’t seem concerned.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2025
The potential sale of the company has raised questions over privacy standards for genetic data, which experts say is uniquely sensitive, immutable and irreplaceable if stolen.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
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irreplaceable
adjective
ir·re·place·able
ˌir-i-ˈplā-sə-bəl
: not replaceable
a museum full of irreplaceable works of art
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