Definition of Irretrievable

1. Adjective. Impossible to recover or recoup or overcome. "Irretrievable errors in judgment"

Exact synonyms: Unretrievable
Similar to: Irrecoverable, Unrecoverable

Definition of Irretrievable

1. a. Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss.

Definition of Irretrievable

1. Adjective. Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Irretrievable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irretrievable

irrespirable
irresponsibility
irresponsible
irresponsibleness
irresponsibles
irresponsibly
irresponsive
irrestrainable
irresultative
irresuscitable
irresuscitably
irretention
irretentive
irretraceable
irretractile
irretrievable
irretrievableness
irretrievably
irreturnable
irrevealable
irreverence
irreverences
irreverend
irreverent
irreverently
irreversibilities
irreversibility
irreversible
irreversible colloid
irreversible hydrocolloid

Literary usage of Irretrievable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1899)
"... fall into disorder—Bruce attacks with the Reserve—The Camp Followers appear on the Field of Battle—The English fall into irretrievable Confusion, ..."

2. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"Irretrievable Ruin. — Extraordinary Structure. — Doorways. — Chambers.—Gigantic Wall, covered with Designs in Stucco.— Death's Heads. ..."

3. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1901)
"... fall into disorder—Bruce attacks with the Reserve—The Camp Followers appear on the Field of Battle—The English fall into irretrievable Confusion, ..."

4. American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a by Thomas Valentine Cooper (1892)
"Can we expose to utter and irretrievable ruin this countless multitude, without justly incurring the reproach of violating the national faith t ******* When ..."

5. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1899)
"... fall into disorder—Bruce attacks with the Reserve—The Camp Followers appear on the Field of Battle—The English fall into irretrievable Confusion, ..."

6. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"Irretrievable Ruin. — Extraordinary Structure. — Doorways. — Chambers.—Gigantic Wall, covered with Designs in Stucco.— Death's Heads. ..."

7. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1901)
"... fall into disorder—Bruce attacks with the Reserve—The Camp Followers appear on the Field of Battle—The English fall into irretrievable Confusion, ..."

8. American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a by Thomas Valentine Cooper (1892)
"Can we expose to utter and irretrievable ruin this countless multitude, without justly incurring the reproach of violating the national faith t ******* When ..."

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