: not capable of being reversed
a nonreversible operation
nonreversible medical conditions

Examples of nonreversible in a Sentence

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Unlike credit-card transactions, transactions for bitcoin and other digital assets are nonreversible, given the nature of the technology. Paul Vigna, WSJ, 18 Jan. 2022 Many here refuse to believe that the CAS decision is nonreversible, and others cling to the thin hope that FIFA will issue some sort of late pardon. Andrea Zarate, New York Times, 21 May 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of nonreversible was in 1856

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“Nonreversible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonreversible. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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