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Recent Examples of irrecoverable The damage done by Biden-Harris is not irrecoverable. Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2024 In Germany, bad debt relief requires that the debt is considered irrecoverable, assessed based on the individual facts of each case. Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024 The resulting jet of propellant that vented into space acted as an impromptu rocket that could have pushed the spacecraft into an irrecoverable tumble. Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrecoverable
Adjective
  • That doesn’t mean Trump's opponents are facing a hopeless task.
    Gunther Peck / Made by History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
  • As Queenie, navigating empty relationships and professional disappointments on a journey from self-sabotage to self-worth, Brown makes a whole person from a variety of attitudes — hopeful, hopeless, hungover, exuberant, fretful, thoughtful.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Not helping matters: Damian — who unbeknownst to Martha is still in Ingrid’s life — calmly informs Ingrid that the damage to the planet due to climate change is irreversible.
    Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • More tests by a liver specialist revealed Sanchez had Stage 4 cirrhosis of the liver, which is irreversible even with medication.
    Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Once deleted, users can also manually empty the trash folder, making those files and communications irretrievable and truly deleted from the online platform.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Going into Comic-Con, Marvel really did need to reaffirm its swagger, to prove 2023 was a momentary ebb rather than the start of an irretrievable decline.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 28 July 2024
Adjective
  • Defendants argue that Plaintiffs can compete as 'open' teams to avoid irreparable injury.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Science & Medicine Why RFK Jr. nomination sets off alarms among many public health specialists Nov. 16, 2024 Bhattacharya was one of three authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, an October 2020 open letter maintaining that lockdowns were causing irreparable harm.
    Carla K. Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The rare brain malformation occurs in utero and is incurable, just like Stage 4 liver cirrhosis.
    Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Arthritis is currently incurable, but the Zoo staff managed her condition with various treatments and therapies to slow down the degenerative disease and lessen the pain.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Without access to the device, the conversation contents are unrecoverable.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This means that once a PCC server is rebooted, no data is retained and, as an additional precaution, the entire system volume is cryptographically unrecoverable.
    Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024

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“Irrecoverable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrecoverable. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.

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