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Recent Examples of irreparable That fact alone can embolden an unsuspected insider, who may have the ability to cause irreparable harm. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The wounds pose the risk of irreparable damage, secondary infection, sepsis, and, in extreme cases, death. Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026 Levi’s and Wrangler jeans, once common enough, have become scarce, or when finally unearthed turn out to be damaged in some irreparable way. Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 27 July 2026 When Moore finally abandons the pretense and focuses in earnest on his presidential ambitions, the damage to Maryland will be incalculable and likely irreparable. Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for irreparable
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Adjective
  • This episode dramatizes the shock of experiencing something truly irreversible.
    Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Perhaps most importantly, this decision is largely irreversible.
    Pierluigi Oliverio, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Early moves from England to Ireland to Nigeria and then back to England had left me feeling an irremediable outsider.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
  • 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
  • That probably makes the loss of faith among England fans irretrievable.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • The message had found us, against steep odds, but the meaning was irretrievable.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026

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“Irreparable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irreparable. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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