irrecoverable

Word family

ir·re·cov·er·a·ble /ˌɪrɪˈkʌvərəbəl◂/ adjectiveadj formal

LOSE/NOT HAVE ANYMOREsomething that is irrecoverable is lost or has gone and you cannot get it back 不能挽回的，无法补救的

irrecoverable loss of sight

不可恢复的失明

The insurance premium is wholly irrecoverable.

该保险费是完全不可取回的。

Examples from the Corpus

irrecoverable• Any advance paid, however, would be irrecoverable.• In this case, however, Jane Austen does not assume that past values are irrecoverable.• There are critical windows of time during which maturation must be achieved; failure of maturation is to some extent irrecoverable.• irrecoverable costs• In the process, many irrecoverable secrets of nature are being lost for ever.• Assuming the past is irrecoverable, the obvious fall-back positions are ethnicity and religion, singly or in combination.• The investment is measured in terms of the irrecoverable time and expenses involved in the learning process.

From Longman Business Dictionary

irrecoverableir·re·cov·er·a·ble /ˌɪrɪˈkʌvərəbəl◂/ adjectiveadj

irrecoverable debts or payments cannot or will not be paid back

Any advance paid would be irrecoverable.

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