See Also: irrecoverable(dictionary)
irrecoverable(dictionary)

irrecoverable (iou)



irrecoverable adjective. LME.
[from IR-2 + RECOVERABLE. Cf. French irrecouvrable.]
Chiefly of something lost: that cannot be recovered or retrieved. LME.
L. Gordon The childhood summers at St Ives were marked in memory as the irrecoverable paradise.
a. fig. Unable to be remedied or rectified; irretrievable. LME.
C. Ness A final and irrecoverable fall.
b. Unable to be restored to health; incurable; that cannot be restored to life, as after drowning, suffocation, etc. arch. L16.
Unable to be recalled or revoked; irrevocable. M16-E19.
A. Tucker Persons lying under an irrecoverable sentence of death.
Unable to be recovered from. Only in 17.
irrecoverableness noun E17.
irrecoverably adverb L16.