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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
Instead, in the U.S., projects are litigated and delayed, often to make the project economics untenable and the investment unrecoverable.
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Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Minutes later, the list reached an unrecoverable 45 degrees; the ship slowly and silently sank, its starboard side resting on the river bottom.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
Then, use secure data-erasing software to completely wipe your PC, ensuring your personal information is unrecoverable.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
Inducing opposite-phase steering above 30 or 40 mph could cause drastic instability at speed, creating a very rapid yaw moment that would likely cause an unrecoverable skid.
—ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025
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Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Minutes later, the list reached an unrecoverable 45 degrees; the ship slowly and silently sank, its starboard side resting on the river bottom.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
Then, use secure data-erasing software to completely wipe your PC, ensuring your personal information is unrecoverable.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
Inducing opposite-phase steering above 30 or 40 mph could cause drastic instability at speed, creating a very rapid yaw moment that would likely cause an unrecoverable skid.
—ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrecoverable
Adjective
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Claressa Shields is a three-division world champion boxer and also a hopeless romantic.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
25 Sep. 2025
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Then, as the Steelers swarmed, Maye gave in to his playmaking impulse again — the same that had just kept the Patriots afloat — and lost the ball trying a hopeless pitch to TreVeyon Henderson.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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Companies that fail to establish rigorous evaluation frameworks risk not only product failures but also legal liability, regulatory scrutiny and irreparable damage to user trust.—
Sebastian Crossa,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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That somehow or other, all of a sudden, their request for a merger or for some other transaction was now slowed for a year or two years or three years, causing irreparable harm, but with no recourse that the company would have.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Broadly speaking, this is probably not irrecoverable damage to the ecosystem.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
19 July 2025
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Aviation experts have said a preliminary report from India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) raised questions over whether one of the pilots of Air India flight 171 cut off fuel to the Boeing 787's engines seconds after takeoff, leading to an irrecoverable situation.—
Dan Catchpole,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
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Conversely, improper storage can lead to irreversible damage from moisture, pests, or accidents.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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Persistent inflammation can lead to fibrosis, which may progress to cirrhosis, a severe and irreversible scarring of the liver.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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Alcaraz broke the Italian twice, winning the set with an incredible backhand flick from what looked like an irretrievable position and cupping his ear.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Choi seems to be exploring, if subtly, the limitless number of paths a person can take, the manifold consequences of choices that seem inconsequential, the ways interpersonal disputes can widen into irretrievable losses, the awkward intersections of agency and fate: If only this, if not for that.—
Book Marks
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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Doctors quickly diagnosed Shinae with a cancerous astrocytoma, and told her that it was considered incurable because of where it's located in her brain.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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Currently, the first dose is given within 24 hours of birth because hepatitis B — an incurable infection that can lead to liver disease, cancer and death — can be transmitted from mother to child during delivery.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Unrecoverable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrecoverable. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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