Irreversible
/ˌɪr.ɪˈvɝ.sə.bəl/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backwards. not-comparable
"an irreversible engine"
- 2 Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled. not-comparable
"an irreversible sentence or decree"
- 3 Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 incapable of being reversed wordnet
Example
More examples"The death penalty is final and irreversible."
Etymology
From ir- + reversible.