Irreparable
[ɪ'rep(ə)rəb(ə)l] or [ɪ'rɛpərəbl]
Definition
(adj.) impossible to repair, rectify, or amend; 'irreparable harm'; 'an irreparable mistake'; 'irreparable damages' .
Checked by Clive--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss.
Checked by Elton
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Irremediable.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See REPARABLE]
Editor: Pratt
Definition
adj. that cannot be repaired or rectified.—ns. Irreparabil′ity Irrep′arableness.—adv. Irrep′arably.
Typist: Mag
Examples
- Brotherhood through sorrow, sorrow for common sufferings and for irreparable mutual injuries, is spreading and increasing throughout the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Safer from doing irreparable harm. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Mr. Mell having left me while he took his irreparable boots upstairs, I went softly to the upper end of the room, observing all this as I crept along. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I can offer you no consolation, my friend, said he; your disaster is irreparable. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- If it had never let him out any more, the world would have had no irreparable loss, but could have easily replaced him from its stock on hand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I had not ceased to feel the one irreparable disappointment of my life--I had only learnt to bear it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Typist: Mag