unfixable
- adjective
- /ʌnˈfɪksəbl/
- The broken chair is unfixable, so we will have to buy a new one.
- an unfixable problem
However, I want to put in parentheses, it's an unfixable loss.
- However, I want to put in parentheses, it's an unfixable loss.
- Ultimately, her family suffered unspeakable and unfixable loss.
- He in my mind, in my mind, he's unfixable.
- By and large, people ruminate about problems that seem unfixable.
- And that's coming from someone who thought he had problems that were sort of personalized and permanent, unfixable.
- All right, But let me also say I don't want you to automatically assume every situation is unfixable.
- But one, you got to recognize that for some of you, this is unfixable.
Examples
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This is unfixable.
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Calling the draft protocol "unfixable," the United States withdrew from further Ad Hoc Group deliberations.
Blog text (5) -
It's not gonna be a mistake that is unfixable, in the rare case that you decide it's not for you.
Blog text (33) -
I thought you said that was unfixable?
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However, I want to put in parentheses, it's an unfixable loss.
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It is, in fact, the image's unfixable status that is important.
Academic text (2014) -
Ultimately, her family suffered unspeakable and unfixable loss.
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I'm just saying that if you want to pay with the hard-earned money you make to try and fix an unfixable problem, be my guest.
Blog text (8) -
Most likely, history will blame Obama/Biden for failing to fix the unfixable.
Blog text (13) -
That's unfixable!
Synonyms
Too badly damaged to be fixed or made right again
Not possible to find an answer
You cannot get it back or fix it after it is lost
So damaged that it cannot be saved or fixed
Too difficult to solve or deal with, like a problem
Not able to be solved or settled
Impossible for people to solve or settle
Too damaged to be fixed and used again
Not able to be fixed or made better
No one can find an answer to it
Not able to be fixed or controlled
Not able to be fixed or changed
Antonyms
How Repairable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unfixable is made of un- meaning 'not', fix meaning 'to make or repair', and -able meaning 'able to'. So, unfixable literally means 'not able to be fixed', which is why we use it for things that cannot be repaired or corrected.