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irretrievable
What does irretrievable mean?
irretrievable (adjective): impossible to recover or recoup or overcome.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use irretrievable in a sentence?
- An irretrievable loss. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Irretrievable errors in judgment. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does irretrievable come from?
From ir- + retrievable.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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