as in irreversible
not capable of being repaired, regained, or undone
irreparable damage to the car
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Recent Examples of irreparable
Most definitely not, as the risk is too great, and there could be irreparable harm.
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Doug McCauley, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Call pest control experts to ensure the job is done well before carpenter ants cause irreparable damage.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2026
Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency rescinded several longstanding environmental regulations, including gutting the 2009 endangerment finding and rolling back air quality standards for coal-burning power plants, which advocates say will cause irreparable harm.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
The Court’s tendency to side with the White House in such cases, if only temporarily, has allowed serious constitutional harm to continue, and has, in some cases, done irreparable damage.
—Gregg Nunziata, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for irreparable
Doug McCauley, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Call pest control experts to ensure the job is done well before carpenter ants cause irreparable damage.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2026
Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency rescinded several longstanding environmental regulations, including gutting the 2009 endangerment finding and rolling back air quality standards for coal-burning power plants, which advocates say will cause irreparable harm.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
The Court’s tendency to side with the White House in such cases, if only temporarily, has allowed serious constitutional harm to continue, and has, in some cases, done irreparable damage.
—Gregg Nunziata, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for irreparable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irreparable
Adjective
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Meanwhile, in the ‘Before Times,’ journalist Helen Drew (Jessica Henwick) and Congressman Daniel Keene (Ashley Zukerman) uncover a conspiracy that pulls them into a chain of events with catastrophic, irreversible consequences.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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Progress that once seemed irreversible is now unraveling.—
Christina Ray Stanton,
Time,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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This is why the tragedy of Gaza seems definitive and irremediable: because a state and an army that pretend to be the expression of that culture, as the heirs of that history, have betrayed the Jewish intellectual contribution to modern civilization.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Mar. 2026
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Many of the country’s top psychiatric groups warn that there is no empirical standard for determining whether a mental-health condition is irremediable.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The message had found us, against steep odds, but the meaning was irretrievable.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2026
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For Isaac, the film also captures something irretrievable.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Irreparable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irreparable. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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