irrecoverable
pronunciation
How to pronounce irrecoverable in British English:
UK [ˌɪrɪˈkʌvərəbl]
How to pronounce irrecoverable in American English:
US [ˌɪrɪˈkʌvərəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- incapable of being recovered or regained
Word Origin
- irrecoverable (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Old French irrecovrable, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + recovrable (see recover). In same sense irrecuperable (from Late Latin irrecuperabilis) is from mid-14c. Related: Irrecoverably.
Example
- 1. Delete the selected program the operation is irrecoverable !
- 2. The owners do not claim any deduction for irrecoverable rent .
- 3. There is a risk that the costs may be irrecoverable .
- 4. The function ; with respect to eyes , " loss " shall mean entire and irrecoverable loss of sight .
- 5. These two creatures were resplendent . They had reached that irrevocable and irrecoverable moment , at the dazzling intersection of all youth and all joy .