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Meanings of irretrievable in English
Impossible to recover or recoup or overcome.
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Examples for "beyond recall"
Examples for "beyond recall"
1
For Sprinter Sacre, however, the glory days are surely gone beyond recall.
2
Honesty-itwould either make her actions excusable or condemn her beyond recall.
3
The Trevlyns had long given up the treasure as lost beyond recall.
4
I can see from telemetry that the crawler is already beyond recall.
5
But the Borzoi's was down beyond recall and shivering between his legs.
1
There was no way back for Leicester, especially with their numerical disadvantage.
2
Zero-tau can carry ordinary people into the future, but there's no way back.
3
There is no way back, and no future for the world you know.
4
Atlético then doubled their lead and City found no way back.
5
There is surely no way back for Albert Celades' Spanish side.
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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