🤝 Impossible to repay 📦 Cannot be sent back 🔥 Cannot be undone

unreturnable

6.1

Not able to be made like it was before

adjective
/ˌʌn.rɪˈtɜrn.ə.bəl/

: irreversible

With her decision to leave, the relationship became unreturnable, as things could never go back to how they were.

Examples

The severe damage to the manuscript made it unreturnable to the library in its original state.
Once the material is altered in such a way that it cannot be fixed, it becomes unreturnable.
They had all been altered, for her sleeves had always to be shortened; therefore, they were unreturnable.

Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

irreversible

vsunreturnable

46 6.0

Not able to be changed back to how it was

is the general notion of being impossible to reverse or undo

irreparable

vsunreturnable

24 7.6

Too badly damaged to be fixed or made right again

is about undoing a change, not only fixing physical damage

irrevocable

vsunreturnable

14 8.1

Impossible to change or undo

expresses the same irreversibility but not only in formal settings

unchangeable

vsunreturnable

5 4.0

You cannot make it different

refers specifically to actions that cannot be reversed back to before

irretrievable

vsunreturnable

4 8.5

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

emphasizes undoing a change rather than only inability to remedy loss

unsalvageable

vsunreturnable

3 7.5

So damaged that it cannot be saved or fixed

focuses on permanent loss but is not limited to repair situations

unrecoverable

vsunreturnable

2 7.3

Something that cannot be fixed or brought back

is the wider idea of not being able to change back the state

irrecoverable

vsunreturnable

1 8.8

Impossible to get back or fix

focuses more widely on being impossible to reverse rather than just recovery

indefeasible

vsunreturnable

Formal

1 9.9

A right or claim that cannot be taken away

covers finality in any context, not only legal or official cases

irremediable

vsunreturnable

1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

is the broader concept of change that cannot be reversed

inalterable

vsunreturnable

1 7.4

Not able to be changed later

is about returning to a prior condition, not only resistance to change

unretrievable

vsunreturnable

7.9

Impossible to get back

is broader, applying to any change that cannot be reversed

unrepairable

vsunreturnable

4.6

A thing that is too damaged to be fixed and used again

applies generally to any irreversible change beyond just repair

nonretractable

vsunreturnable

7.9

Not able to be pulled back after you pull it out

is less about withdrawal and more about inability to restore previous state

nonreversible

vsunreturnable

7.0

Cannot be changed back or used with either side facing out

is focused on reversing a state rather than physical sidedness or use

unmodifiable

vsunreturnable

7.1

No one can change it

is centered on undoing changes rather than simply refusing modification

unrevivable

vsunreturnable

8.4

Not able to be brought back to life or made useful again

is broader, covering irreversible changes beyond living or active status

Antonyms

reversible

14 3.9

Can change back to an earlier state

returnable

3 2.3

An item you can take back to a shop to get money or to use again

How Reversible

reversible

14 3.9

unreturnable

6.1

Surface Forms

unreturnable positive

Morphology

unreturnable = returnable (transparent) = un + return + able

Standard negation of 'returnable' indicating inability to be restored or reversed; straightforward for learners who know 'return' and '-able'.

Etymology

Unreturnable is made of un- 'not', return 'go back', and -able 'can'. So it means 'not able to go back', which explains why we call damage or changes that cannot be reversed 'unreturnable'.