adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Failure to recover (from a medical condition, a computer error, etc.). uncountable

Adjective

1. 1
   Not involving recovery; of an industrial process, in which reusable components, etc. are not recovered. not-comparable

Etymology

From non- + recovery.

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