irreplaceable
adjective
ir·re·place·able
ˌir-i-ˈplā-sə-bəl 
: not replaceable
an irreplaceable antique
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Among the irreplaceable losses were her mother’s cat (who hid under the bed), a safe with $40,000 and jewelry, and a crypto wallet worth $30,000.
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
There was also the matter of replacing seemingly irreplaceable cast members, in particular Coolidge, whose departure served as the climax of Season 2.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Working with incomplete information, experts estimate that Ukraine has suffered about half of Russia’s irreplaceable losses — deaths and injuries that take soldiers out of battle indefinitely — in the nearly three-year-old war.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Crosby’s favorite winger, the irreplaceable Bryan Rust, sustained a lower-body injury from a Radko Gudas hit in the second period and did not return.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
There was also the matter of replacing seemingly irreplaceable cast members, in particular Coolidge, whose departure served as the climax of Season 2.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Working with incomplete information, experts estimate that Ukraine has suffered about half of Russia’s irreplaceable losses — deaths and injuries that take soldiers out of battle indefinitely — in the nearly three-year-old war.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Crosby’s favorite winger, the irreplaceable Bryan Rust, sustained a lower-body injury from a Radko Gudas hit in the second period and did not return.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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irreplaceable
adjective
ir·re·place·able
ˌir-i-ˈplā-sə-bəl
: not replaceable
a museum full of irreplaceable works of art
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