irrecoverable

  • 11irrecoverable — /ɪrəˈkʌvərəbəl/ (say iruh kuvuhruhbuhl), / ˈkʌvrə / (say kuvruh ) adjective 1. that cannot be regained: an irrecoverable debt. 2. that cannot be remedied or rectified: irrecoverable sorrow. –irrecoverableness, noun –irrecoverably, adverb …

  • 12irrecoverable — adjective Date: 15th century not capable of being recovered or rectified ; irreparable < an irrecoverable loss > • irrecoverableness noun • irrecoverably adverb …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 13irrecoverable — ir|re|cov|er|a|ble [ ,ırı kʌvərəbl ] adjective FORMAL gone or lost and impossible to get back: There is a risk that the costs may be irrecoverable …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 14irrecoverable — UK [ˌɪrɪˈkʌvərəb(ə)l] / US adjective formal gone or lost and impossible to get back There is a risk that the costs may be irrecoverable …

    English dictionary

  • 15irrecoverable — ir•re•cov•er•a•ble [[t]ˌɪr ɪˈkʌv ər ə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) incapable of being recovered or regained 2) unable to be remedied or rectified; irretrievable: an irrecoverable loss[/ex] • Etymology: 1530–40 ir re•cov′er•a•bly, adv …

    From formal English to slang

  • 16irrecoverable loan — ➔ loan1 * * * irrecoverable loan UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► a loan that will never be paid back: »The bank was able to write off most of its irrecoverable loans over of five years …

    Financial and business terms

  • 17irrecoverable — Synonyms and related words: ago, antiquated, antique, beyond recall, beyond remedy, blown over, by, bygone, bypast, cureless, dated, dead, dead and buried, deceased, defunct, departed, elapsed, expired, extinct, finished, forgotten, gone, gone&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18irrecoverable — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. irretrievable, unrectifiable, unremediable; see gone 2 , hopeless 2 , lost 1 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 19irrecoverable — ir·re·cov·er·a·ble || ‚ɪrɪ kÊŒvÉ™rÉ™bl adj. not recoverable, irretrievable; unreplaceable; irreparable, irredeemable …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 20irrecoverable — adjective not able to be recovered or remedied. Derivatives irrecoverably adverb …

    English new terms dictionary