beyond help
idiom
: at a point where nothing can be done to make things better
The situation is beyond help.
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The result is a raw allegory ripped from the contradictions of American life — bewitching but not beyond help under oppressively spacious skies.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
As a result, aid agencies reached millions of people who would otherwise have remained beyond help.
—Natasha Hall, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2023
Ashley also retained a flicker of hope that Jason wasn’t beyond help.
—Sean Keane, ABC News, 30 July 2024
McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr attempted to resurrect the recording in the 1990s, but the audio quality was beyond help.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2023
Lewis, of the NWEA, said the takeaway should not be that the COVID kids are beyond help.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
After examining over 2,000 buildings, the U.S. teams determine that about a third of them have been destroyed, a third have been damaged beyond help and another third are still live-able.
—Ibtissem Guenfoud, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2023
All seven aboard were saved, but the ship was beyond help, according to North Carolina Shipwrecks.
—CBS News, 19 Dec. 2022
Rose said the victim was beyond help and was pronounced dead on scene.
—Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 23 Mar. 2022
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
As a result, aid agencies reached millions of people who would otherwise have remained beyond help.
—Natasha Hall, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2023
Ashley also retained a flicker of hope that Jason wasn’t beyond help.
—Sean Keane, ABC News, 30 July 2024
McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr attempted to resurrect the recording in the 1990s, but the audio quality was beyond help.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2023
Lewis, of the NWEA, said the takeaway should not be that the COVID kids are beyond help.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
After examining over 2,000 buildings, the U.S. teams determine that about a third of them have been destroyed, a third have been damaged beyond help and another third are still live-able.
—Ibtissem Guenfoud, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2023
All seven aboard were saved, but the ship was beyond help, according to North Carolina Shipwrecks.
—CBS News, 19 Dec. 2022
Rose said the victim was beyond help and was pronounced dead on scene.
—Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 23 Mar. 2022
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“Beyond help.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20help. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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