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Meanings of irretrievable in English
Impossible to recover or recoup or overcome.
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Usage of irretrievable in English
1
Gentle was still on the other shore, part of her history: irretrievable.
2
We must not make the irretrievable error of taking anything for granted.
3
He likes to see human affairs mixing themselves up in irretrievable confusion.
4
Together, these two deadly infestations have the potential to do irretrievable damage.
5
He could not bring himself to acknowledge that the past was irretrievable.
6
With the game seemingly irretrievable, Rodgers sent on Daniel Sturridge at half-time.
7
No wonder, then, that the career is rapid, and the fall irretrievable.
8
But Milton knew that though disastrous it was not final or irretrievable.
9
That my loss was irretrievable was a supposition not to be endured.
10
Brion's mind contained nothing but despair and the pain of irretrievable loss.
11
The man's chance is not irretrievable, at least such is the theory.
12
All those hours, those irretrievable hours, I'd spent studying for the SATs.
13
What tendency could this have but to plunge you into irretrievable ruin?
14
The word was out of her mouth before she realized it, irretrievable.
15
Present an irretrievable situation and he will endeavour to claw it back somehow.
16
My marriage has broken down, to the point where I believe it's irretrievable.
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