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as in hopeless
not capable of being cured or reformed
believed that there was no such thing as an unrecoverable criminal
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as in irreparable
not capable of being repaired, regained, or undone
the flood caused unrecoverable damage to our home
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Recent Examples of unrecoverable
The Pivotal team is aware, however, that just one crash might render the company’s trajectory unrecoverable, and potential customers are expected to complete a two-week program at its training center.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Internal polling can even be used to push opponents to drop out, showing unrecoverable levels of support.
—Leah Askarinam, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2024
Faced with unrecoverable job losses in agriculture, small-town leaders courted manufacturers with subsidies, obliging regulations, and a cheap, non-unionized workforce.
Manufacturers, accepting this invitation, industrialized the rural landscape.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
His remains were declared unrecoverable and were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii with other unknowns from the Korean War.
—Aurora Sousanis, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2023
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Internal polling can even be used to push opponents to drop out, showing unrecoverable levels of support.
—Leah Askarinam, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2024
Faced with unrecoverable job losses in agriculture, small-town leaders courted manufacturers with subsidies, obliging regulations, and a cheap, non-unionized workforce.
Manufacturers, accepting this invitation, industrialized the rural landscape.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
His remains were declared unrecoverable and were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii with other unknowns from the Korean War.
—Aurora Sousanis, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrecoverable
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That doesn’t mean Trump's opponents are facing a hopeless task.Gunther Peck / Made by History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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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
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Defendants argue that Plaintiffs can compete as 'open' teams to avoid irreparable injury.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Bhattacharya was one of three authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, an October 2020 open letter maintaining that lockdowns were causing irreparable harm.Compiled byDemocrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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This kind of situation occurs when irrecoverable past investments drive decisions, even when those costs are irrelevant to future outcomes.Shanna Apitz, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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The damage done by Biden-Harris is not irrecoverable.Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The rare brain malformation occurs in utero and is incurable, just like Stage 4 liver cirrhosis.Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2024
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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
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“Unrecoverable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrecoverable. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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