irreparable
24
7.6
- adjective
- /ɪˈrɛpərəbəl/
:
irreparable
- If the defendant had been killed instead, there would have been an irreparable loss to society.
- irreparable harm
- irreparable damage
- irreparable loss
And I remember this crumpled heater on the curb that really did irreparable damage to our family.
- And I remember this crumpled heater on the curb that really did irreparable damage to our family.
- They're fanning the flames and we've got to bring this back under control lest we do irreparable damage, he writes in the journal.
- So intuitively there should exist a left inverse when after we've applied T, we haven't done irreparable damage.
- The obsession with family at any cost has done irreparable harm to many survivors of familial narcissistic abuse.
- I'm thinking of the probably irreparable harm we have done to ourselves and having just an open border.
- He told me this is irreparable damage.
Examples
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Your Honor, your action will do irreparable damage not only to the people's case...
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The fire caused irreparable damage to the historic building.
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We need to prevent the irreparable damage of a No deal at all costs.
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I think you might have done some irreparable damage.
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This could do irreparable damage to our social status.
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My two children suffered grave and irreparable damage at the hands of the court.
Blog text (25) -
In some cases, respondents noted that the harm to the therapeutic relationship may be irreparable.
Academic text (2010) -
Alarming food shortages are causing irreparable damage to an entire generation of children.
Academic text (2001) -
It inflicted grievous and irreparable injury.
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Finally, we can't dismiss the worst case predictions of catastrophic, irreparable damage to our environment.
Synonyms
46
6.0
Not able to be changed back to how it was
15
8.1
Impossible to change or correct, often about someone's behavior
14
8.1
Impossible to change or undo
4
8.5
You cannot get it back or fix it after it is lost
3
4.9
Impossible to repair or make work again
3
7.5
So damaged that it cannot be saved or fixed
2
8.2
Not able to be changed for the better
2
7.3
Something that cannot be fixed or brought back
1
8.6
Cannot be changed to be good again
1
8.8
Impossible to get back or fix
1
9.6
Not able to be fixed or made better
Impossible to get back
Not able to be made like it was before
Not able to be changed for the better
Antonyms
How Repairable
9
2.7
24
7.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
irreparable = repairable (transparent) = ir + repair + able
Formed by adding the negative prefix 'ir-' to 'repairable'; meaning 'not able to be repaired' is directly derivable.
Etymology
Irreparable breaks into ir- meaning 'not' and repair meaning 'to fix', from a Latin word that meant 'make ready again'. So something irreparable cannot be fixed or made right again.