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irreparable adjective [ ɪˈrɛp(ə)rəb(ə)l ]

• (of an injury or loss) impossible to rectify or repair.
• "they were doing irreparable damage to my heart and lungs"
Similar: irreversible, irremediable, unrectifiable, irrevocable, irretrievable, irredeemable, unrestorable, irrecoverable, unrecoverable, unrepairable, beyond repair, past mending, hopeless, past hope, beyond hope, written off,
Opposite: repairable,
Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from Latin irreparabilis, from in- ‘not’ + reparabilis (see reparable).


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