irreversible

adjective

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ir·re·vers·ible | \ ˌir-i-ˈvər-sə-bəl

Definition of irreversible

: not reversible

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Other Words from irreversible

irreversibility \ ˌir-i-ˌvər-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē

\ noun

irreversibly \ ˌir-i-ˈvər-sə-blē

\ adverb

Examples of irreversible in a Sentence

He suffered an irreversible loss of vision. The crisis has done irreversible harm to the countries' relations.

Recent Examples on the Web This transition of power is built into their biological code and is irreversible. — Katie Hunt, CNN, "How animals transfer power from one leader to another: Brute force, inheritance and consensus," 20 Jan. 2021 Last year essentially tied with 2016 as the hottest year ever recorded, and scientists say the planet is speeding toward irreversible damage. — Author: Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis, Anchorage Daily News, "As Biden vows monumental action on climate change, a fight with the fossil fuel industry has only begun," 28 Jan. 2021 But bitcoin's decentralization also had another consequence that was more subtle yet could turn out to be more important: bitcoin transactions are irreversible. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Want to really understand how bitcoin works? Here’s a gentle primer," 26 Dec. 2020 Although sleep cycles can be disturbed and damaged by the post-infectious inflammatory process, radiologists and neurologists aren’t seeing evidence that this is irreversible. — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, "The Curious Influence of COVID-19 on Sleep," 21 Dec. 2020 The storming of the Capitol occasions introspection on many things—such as the seemingly irreversible distrust of the liberal democratic project—but institutional capture is not one of them. — Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time, "Save the Sarcasm for Other Democracies. America Is Fine," 11 Jan. 2021 These diseases cause irreversible damage to brain tissue that leads to salivation, neurological symptoms, emaciation and death of the animal. — Frank Sargeant, al, "Deer Hunters Alerted to Watch for CWD," 3 Jan. 2021 His family is struggling to accept the grim news from the doctor that Mseer sustained irreversible brain damage and won’t survive, Adham said. — oregonlive, "Uber driver -- an Iraqi refugee working to bring new wife to U.S. -- on life support after suspected mistaken shooting," 16 Dec. 2020 This appears to be one of those awful cases where putting something off has profound, irreversible consequences. — Liz Weston, oregonlive, "Liz Weston: Missed deadline for self-employed tax filings may cost survivor tens of thousands of dollars," 2 Jan. 2021

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