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as in hopeless
not capable of being cured or reformed
believed that there was no such thing as an unrecoverable criminal
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as in irreparable
not capable of being repaired, regained, or undone
the flood caused unrecoverable damage to our home
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Recent Examples of unrecoverable
This leads to what may be a unrecoverable confession from Emma that adds tension to the lead-up to their nuptials.
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Time is scarce and unrecoverable, unlike money.
—Brian Page, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
The contamination can lead to catastrophic engine failure, resulting in a vehicle fire or an unexpected and unrecoverable loss of propulsion.
—James Powel, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
Multi-year studies were interrupted and often unrecoverable, loss of support personnel to manage animal facilities and lack of resources to purchase mice, inability to purchase routine critical supplies and equipment.
—D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unrecoverable
Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Time is scarce and unrecoverable, unlike money.
—Brian Page, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
The contamination can lead to catastrophic engine failure, resulting in a vehicle fire or an unexpected and unrecoverable loss of propulsion.
—James Powel, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
Multi-year studies were interrupted and often unrecoverable, loss of support personnel to manage animal facilities and lack of resources to purchase mice, inability to purchase routine critical supplies and equipment.
—D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unrecoverable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrecoverable
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Written and directed by Barker, Obsession centers on a music store employee named Bear (Michael Johnston), a hopeless romantic who has fallen for a co-worker named Nikki (Inde Navarette).—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2026
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Felicity Thoughtful, impulsive, hopeless romantic whose hair choices overshadowed everything.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
9 June 2026
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What was so irreparable, so insufferable?—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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The damage can lead to further problems and be irreparable.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Countless documents were left lying out in the open and quickly became irrecoverable.—
Amer Matar,
The Dial,
26 May 2026
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At the same time, much of the world is facing water bankruptcy, meaning people and industries are using more fresh water than nature can replenish, leading to irrecoverable ecosystem damages.—
Abraham Nunbogu,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Coral reefs, for example, are passing their planetary tipping point, a threshold that, once crossed, leads to large, accelerating, and often irreversible changes.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
9 June 2026
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Yet other, more controversial projects, exacting irreversible change to capital institutions, are facing greater opposition.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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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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Chronic pulmonary fibrosis is an incurable lung condition where scarring of the lung tissue complicates breathing, per People.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
5 June 2026
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Just two days later, an MRI scan showed that the keen gymnast and netball player had an inoperable and incurable DIPG.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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“Unrecoverable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrecoverable. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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