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unrevivable

unrevivable

8.4
Not able to be brought back to life or made useful again
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnrɪˈvaɪbəl/
translation icon : irreversible
  • The company’s reputation was unrevivable following the major scandal.

Examples

  • Some friendships become unrevivable after years of misunderstanding and distance.

  • After the fire, the ancient manuscripts were unrevivable and lost forever.

  • The ancient tree was unrevivable after the storm.

  • After years of neglect, the project became unrevivable.

  • The ancient tree was so damaged that it was deemed unrevivable.

  • After the long winter, many plants in the garden were unrevivable and needed to be replaced.

  • The project failed completely, leaving several ideas unrevivable for future use.

Synonyms

irretrievable
vsunrevivable
4 8.5

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

focuses on things that cannot be made alive or made to work again
unretrievable
vsunrevivable
7.9

Impossible to get back

refers specifically to cases not able to become living or active again
unreturnable
vsunrevivable
6.1

Not able to be made like it was before

is about loss that cannot be returned to life or function

Antonyms

revivable
1 4.9

Can be brought back to life, made conscious, or used again after being inactive

restorable
1 3.9

Can be fixed to look or work like before

How Restorable

restorable
1 3.9
recoverable
9 4.2
revivable
1 4.9
unrevivable
8.4
irreparable
24 7.6

Surface Forms

unrevivable positive

Morphology

unrevivable = revivable (transparent) = un + revive + able

Adding 'un-' to 'revivable' straightforwardly negates the adjective, yielding 'not able to be revived'.

Etymology

Unrevivable breaks into un- 'not', revive 'bring back to life', and -able 'able to'. The part revive comes from the old Latin word vivere meaning 'to live', and you can see this in English words like 'alive' and 'survive'. So unrevivable means 'not able to be brought back to life or restored'.