unsalvageable

Examples

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• The ship itself is still unsalvageable.

  Blog text (19)

• Also, this old board is unsalvageable for anything else.

• Okay, my relationship with my husband was unsalvageable.

  Love for Sale (2008)

• The bank foreclosed on her home, and the new owner went inside recently to find the 10-year-old house was unsalvageable.

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• The situation is unsalvageable.

  Blog text (19)

• Starved for cash, the New Orleans school district is taking a long shot and hoping to sell its flooded, unsalvageable school buses on eBay.

  Blog text (4)

• Her crew survived with one injury attributed to a capsized lifeboat, but the vessel's cargo as well as the ship itself were unsalvageable.

  Blog text (8)

• The storm damaged the roof so badly that it was declared unsalvageable and needed to be replaced.

• After the accident, the car was deemed unsalvageable due to the extent of the damage.

• Her old laptop suffered water damage and was considered unsalvageable despite attempts to repair it.

Synonyms

I

irreparable

vsunsalvageable

24 7.6

Too badly damaged to be fixed or made right again

is similar but also covers things that cannot be regained

I

irretrievable

vsunsalvageable

4 8.5

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

covers inability both to make right and to get things back

U

unfixable

vsunsalvageable

3 4.9

Impossible to repair or make work again

is like this but also covers cases where recovery is impossible

U

unrecoverable

vsunsalvageable

2 7.3

Something that cannot be fixed or brought back

is broader, also including cases that cannot be fixed or saved

I

irrecoverable

vsunsalvageable

1 8.8

Impossible to get back or fix

adds the idea that it also cannot be saved or repaired

I

irremediable

vsunsalvageable

1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

overlaps but focuses more on both repair and recovery impossibility

U

unrepairable

vsunsalvageable

1 4.7

Too damaged to be fixed and used again

is wider, including items that also cannot be recovered or saved

U

unretrievable

vsunsalvageable

7.9

Impossible to get back

also emphasizes that such loss cannot be repaired or saved

U

unreturnable

vsunsalvageable

6.1

Not able to be made like it was before

is broader, also meaning it cannot be fixed or retrieved

Antonyms

S

salvageable

12 5.3

Something you can save or fix after damage

How Salvageable

restorable

1 3.9

fixable

9 2.7

damaged

1 1.1

unsalvageable

3 7.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology