irretrievably

Examples

• All

• In two weeks, Kresge would sit in a courtroom and solemnly swear that his marriage was irretrievably broken.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Once the deadline passed, the opportunity to apply was irretrievably gone.

• Many, many things have been irretrievably lost.

  Academic text (1991)

• For us, paradise is irretrievably lost, and it is better that way: now we belong only to ourselves.

  Fiction book (1994)

• So a lot of information about Etowah has been irretrievably lost.

  Academic text (2008)

• The results are irretrievably polluted.

  Academic text (2009)

• To these aging gentlemen, another part of the Old South seemed as irretrievably lost as courtly manners and virgin forests.

  Academic text (1990)

• The fossil record itself is paradoxical: by its very survival, it hints at what has been irretrievably lost.

  Academic text (1999)

• The micrometeorites that land in our everyday environment are irretrievably lost among tiny particles of terrestrial dirt.

  Academic text (2001)

• Its pendant, Western Merchants in an Oriental Port, was irretrievably lost during the initial fire in 1871.

  Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

I

irrevocably

vsirretrievably

16 7.7

So that something cannot be changed or undone

is about loss that cannot be recovered or fixed

I

irreparably

vsirretrievably

9 7.5

In a way you cannot fix or make right

covers loss that cannot be restored or recovered

I

irreversibly

vsirretrievably

7 6.4

In a way that cannot be changed back

focuses on irreversible loss that cannot be recovered or fixed

I

irredeemably

vsirretrievably

3 7.5

In a way that you can never change or fix

is about loss that cannot be undone or rectified rather than emotion

I

irremediably

vsirretrievably

1 8.4

In a way that cannot be fixed

relates more to loss that cannot be undone or restored

I

irrecoverably

vsirretrievably

1 8.8

In a way that cannot be given back or fixed

emphasizes inability to undo or rectify rather than only regain

U

unrecoverably

vsirretrievably

7.8

In a way that cannot be fixed or returned to how it was before

stresses inability to fix or reverse actions rather than only loss

I

irreclaimably

vsirretrievably

9.9

In a way that cannot be brought back or fixed

highlights irreversible change rather than general impossibility to fix

U

unredeemably

vsirretrievably

9.6

In a way nothing can save or make better

focuses on inability to be undone or restored rather than moral sense

How Recoverable

irretrievably

5 8.1

irreparably

9 7.5

irreversibly

7 6.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology