as in irreversible
not capable of being repaired, regained, or undone
irreparable damage to the car
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Recent Examples of irreparable
In the sports context, irreparable harm can occur if an athlete is going to miss a game since the game will never be replayed.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The judge’s ruling in a Washington courtroom largely hinged on the fact that at the current time, there are no migrant detainees being held at the military base, which Nichols said undercut legal arguments that migrants being kept there or sent there would suffer irreparable harm.
—Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Two other nonprofits also sued, claiming Trump’s executive order freezing foreign aid violated the separation of powers and caused irreparable harm to their operations that heavily rely on USAID funding.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
However, his critics attest that progress without values can cause irreparable damage to a culture—such as producing a product without much thought to the social or environmental impact.
—Harry Kraemer, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The judge’s ruling in a Washington courtroom largely hinged on the fact that at the current time, there are no migrant detainees being held at the military base, which Nichols said undercut legal arguments that migrants being kept there or sent there would suffer irreparable harm.
—Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Two other nonprofits also sued, claiming Trump’s executive order freezing foreign aid violated the separation of powers and caused irreparable harm to their operations that heavily rely on USAID funding.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025
However, his critics attest that progress without values can cause irreparable damage to a culture—such as producing a product without much thought to the social or environmental impact.
—Harry Kraemer, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irreparable
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The death penalty is a cruel and irreversible punishment that is racially biased, and ineffective as a deterrent.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Last year was also the first in which the world crossed the threshold of 1.5°C of warming over pre-industrial levels that the Paris Climate Accord declared a benchmark to be avoided, lest the planet tip into irreversible climate catastrophe.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Despite the incident, The Animal Haven reaffirmed its no-kill shelter status, and clarified that euthanasia in cases of irremediable canine aggression is in line with the Best Friends Animal Society's definition of no-kill.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Many thought that a healthy forest would never thrive in impoverished, mercury-laden topsoil and that the piles of sandy tailings, the residue from the gold mining effort, and the pools of wastewater were irremediable.—
Simeon Tegel,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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Lawmakers warn that evidence critical to future war crimes investigations may be irretrievable.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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And there was data that was lost, that was irretrievable.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Irreparable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irreparable. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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