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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 means that once a PCC server is rebooted, no data is retained and, as an additional precaution, the entire system volume is cryptographically unrecoverable.
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Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Someone who represents unrecoverable catastrophe, frankly, in my view.
—ABC News, 8 Sep. 2024
Some of this may have been prompted by the First and Second World Wars, which resulted in such multitudes of dead—men whose bodies were often unrecoverable—that the old rituals were no longer tenable.
—Cody Delistraty, The New Yorker, 22 June 2024
The Pivotal team is aware, however, that just one crash might render the company’s trajectory unrecoverable, and potential customers are expected to complete a two-week program at its training center.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
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Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Someone who represents unrecoverable catastrophe, frankly, in my view.
—ABC News, 8 Sep. 2024
Some of this may have been prompted by the First and Second World Wars, which resulted in such multitudes of dead—men whose bodies were often unrecoverable—that the old rituals were no longer tenable.
—Cody Delistraty, The New Yorker, 22 June 2024
The Pivotal team is aware, however, that just one crash might render the company’s trajectory unrecoverable, and potential customers are expected to complete a two-week program at its training center.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrecoverable
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That is until a mysterious someone starts sending strange gifts to hopeless widower Henry (Sheen) and his two bickering children, Will and Ella.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
8 May 2025
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Thus, all eyes turn to Antetokounmpo, much as all eyes did on Lillard as his situation in Portland grew increasingly hopeless in 2022 and 2023.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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The groups are asking the human rights commission to order precautionary measures, basically an emergency action to prevent irreparable harm.—
Marcos Alemán,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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The loss of a Soldier is always an irreparable tragedy.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
8 May 2025
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Customs Duty, which is irrecoverable. Import VAT, which can be reclaimed, provided correct steps are taken.—
Robert Marchant,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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The contents of the time capsule may become irrecoverable.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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His cause of death was listed as a stroke followed by irreversible cardiac arrest.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2025
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Without recurring care, many patients will experience harmful setbacks that could lead to hospitalization and irreversible damage that reduces their quality of life and life expectancy.—
Dan Mccarty,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2025
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No fault did not require blame allowing a divorce if one spouse claimed irreconcilable differences or irretrievable breakdown against the other.—
Patricia Fersch,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Lawmakers warn that evidence critical to future war crimes investigations may be irretrievable.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2025
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Plotkin added that vaccines being developed for infections that are incurable, like HIV, may also be at risk.—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr.,
NBC news,
1 May 2025
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“Unrecoverable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrecoverable. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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