Irreparable

//ɪˈɹɛp(ə)ɹəbəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    impossible to repair, rectify, or amend wordnet

Synonyms

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beyond recallbeyond remedycurelessgonehopelessimmedicable

Example

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"This broken vase is irreparable."

Etymology

From Middle French irréparable, from Old French, from Latin irreparabilis, equivalent to ir- + reparable.

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