Irreparable
/ɪˈɹɛp(ə)ɹəbəl/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Incapable of being repaired, amended, cured or rectified; unrepairable.
"It was impoſſible that the queen of France [Marie Antoinette] ſhould not be deeply affected by a conteſt, which ſo cloſely involved her neareſt and deareſt connections, and threatened ſo immediate and perhaps irreparable a breach of the harmony and friendſhip ſubſiſting between them."
Adjective
- 1 impossible to repair, rectify, or amend wordnet
Example
More examples"This broken vase is irreparable."
Etymology
From Middle French irréparable, from Old French, from Latin irreparabilis, equivalent to ir- + reparable.