unrecoverable

Examples

• All

• While Cogewea considers the effects on Native people from the white occupation of the American West, the past that Mourning Dove represents is always unrecoverable.

  Academic text (1995)

• I began to worry for the record of my neighbor's continence, his pride, and the possibility that I might be responsible for causing him an unrecoverable embarrassment.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The unrecoverable cost of this service is usually between one and five percent of the bond amount.

  Academic text (1992)

• How much time do I have before films that have gotten wet are unrecoverable?

  Blog text (24)

• When the transfer completes or an unrecoverable fault is encountered, the user is notified via email.

  Academic text (2012)

• The state is in a self-destruct mode and on an unrecoverable downward spiral.

  Blog text (6)

• In other words, it's an unrecoverable sunk cost, which is upfront expense being proof of long term commitment.

• Since then, our existential risk, risk of either extinction or the unrecoverable collapse of human civilization, has steadily increased.

• In the realm of microprocessor design, the most crucial aspect of this is that all hardware errors must be detected before they have led to any unrecoverable loss of data.

  Academic text (2000)

• Unlike its previous variants that deleted encrypted files, the new GpCode versions overwrite files with encrypted data, making them practically unrecoverable.

  Blog text (5)

Synonyms

I

irreversible

vsunrecoverable

46 6.0

Not able to be changed back to how it was

concerns general failure to be retrieved rather than only reversibility

I

irreparable

vsunrecoverable

24 7.6

Too badly damaged to be fixed or made right again

focuses on inability to be retrieved rather than repairability

I

irrevocable

vsunrecoverable

14 8.1

Impossible to change or undo

is the wider term for things that cannot be retrieved or restored

I

irretrievable

vsunrecoverable

4 8.5

You cannot get it back or fix it after it is lost

emphasizes overall failure to be retrieved rather than repair detail

U

unsalvageable

vsunrecoverable

3 7.5

So damaged that it cannot be saved or fixed

is the broader idea of failing to be retrieved without repair emphasis

L

lost

vsunrecoverable

1 1.0

Gone for good and impossible to get back

is the formal expression for broad inability to be retrieved

U

uncollectible

vsunrecoverable

• Specialized

1 7.3

Money that cannot be collected from the person who owes it

is the general inability to retrieve things beyond money

I

irrecoverable

vsunrecoverable

1 8.8

Impossible to get back or fix

uses broader wording to cover any failure to retrieve

I

irremediable

vsunrecoverable

1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

is about failing to be retrieved rather than being incurable

R

ruined

vsunrecoverable

1 3.1

Badly damaged so it cannot be fixed or returned to how it was before

covers the same loss but stresses general inability to retrieve

U

uncollectable

vsunrecoverable

• UK

1 5.3

Impossible to get back money that someone owes

is the broader term for failing to retrieve many kinds of items

U

unretrievable

vsunrecoverable

7.9

Impossible to get back

is the general term stressing inability to be retrieved

U

unreclaimable

vsunrecoverable

8.1

No one can return land, objects, or memories to a usable state

focuses more generally on failure to retrieve items or data

I

irreclaimable

vsunrecoverable

9.9

Not able to be changed for the better

highlights simple inability to be retrieved rather than reformability

Antonyms

R

recoverable

9 4.2

Able to be found or returned after being lost

R

retrievable

2 5.3

You can find again, often with effort

How Recoverable

recoverable

9 4.2

retrievable

2 5.3

missing

809 1.0

lost

18 1.0

unrecoverable

2 7.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology