irreversible
pronunciation
How to pronounce irreversible in British English:
UK [ˌɪrɪˈvɜːsəbl]
How to pronounce irreversible in American English:
US [ˌɪrɪˈvɜːrsəbl]
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- Adjective:
- impossible to reverse or be reversed
- impossible to reverse or undo
Word Origin
- irreversible (adj.)
- 1620s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + reversible. Related: Irreversibly.
Example
- 1. Evolution is irreversible at least at a molecular level .
- 2. I had simply assumed that women 's liberation was a largely irreversible evolutionary dynamic .
- 3. The long-term decline in unionization seems irreversible .
- 4. The renminbi is now on an irreversible journey .
- 5. Some of the losses are irreversible .