unrecoverably

Examples

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• It's because of the "institutional" enablers and cover-up that many more kids were raped, and that the PSU name and "brand" are now unrecoverably destroyed.

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• After the fire, the family realized that their home was unrecoverably destroyed and they had to start over.

• He often lost words, which hurtled unrecoverably into some slot between his English and his French, a great disadvantage for someone who made his living writing.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The old documents were unrecoverably damaged by water, making them impossible to read.

Synonyms

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irrevocably

vsunrecoverably

16 7.7

So that something cannot be changed or undone

is about permanent loss rather than merely being unchangeable

I

irreparably

vsunrecoverably

9 7.5

In a way you cannot fix or make right

focuses on total loss rather than just being beyond repair

I

irreversibly

vsunrecoverably

7 6.4

In a way that cannot be changed back

emphasizes the irretrievable nature of the earlier state

I

irretrievably

vsunrecoverably

5 8.1

In a way that cannot be changed back

focuses similarly on permanent loss of the previous condition

I

irrecoverably

vsunrecoverably

1 8.8

In a way that cannot be given back or fixed

means the same but stresses loss of the earlier state

I

irremediably

vsunrecoverably

1 8.4

In a way that cannot be fixed

is broader, highlighting inability to bring back the former state

I

irreclaimably

vsunrecoverably

9.9

In a way that cannot be brought back or fixed

is like this but highlights inability to return to former state

How Recoverable

reversibly

1 5.1

temporarily

222 3.2

permanently

218 2.9

unrecoverably

7.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology