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irreparable

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Impossible to repair, rectify, or amend.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not reparable; incapable of being repaired, rectified, or restored; that cannot be made right or good.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Incapable of being repaired, amended, cured or rectified

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective impossible to repair, rectify, or amend

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin irreparābilis : in-, not; see in– + reparābilis, reparable; see reparable.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

ir- +‎ reparable

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Examples

  • She recorded what she called irreparable damage done to a historic church in Kahula (ph) on Big Island.

    CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2006 2006

  • "The fact that the government can and did issue such instructions and comply with the injunction immediately shows that the military will not sustain irreparable harm from compliance and belies the need for any temporary stay," LCR argued in court papers.

    Appeals court grants stay of 'don't ask' injunction Ed O 2010

  • "The fact that the government can and did issue such instructions and comply with the injunction immediately shows that the military will not sustain irreparable harm from compliance and belies the need for any temporary stay," LCR argued in court papers.

    Military wins temporary reprieve for 'don't ask' policy Ed O'Keefe 2010

  • During Monday's hearing, Justice Department attorney Beth Brinkmann argued that the injunction would result in "irreparable harm" to the National Institutes of Health because researchers could lose crucial experiments and scientific materials.

    Court lets stem cell funding continue Rob Stein 2010

  • "The fact that the government can and did issue such instructions and comply with the injunction immediately shows that the military will not sustain irreparable harm from compliance and belies the need for any temporary stay," LCR argued in court papers.

    Military wins temporary reprieve for 'don't ask' policy Ed O'Keefe 2010

  • Hillary, Bill, and their entire merry band need to be removed from the national stage before they say something that results in irreparable damage to a candidate, or our country.

    Obama about to clinch victory, aide says 2008

  • Speaking to reporters Friday, Obama said he does not believe in "irreparable breaches."

    Clyburn: Bill Clinton's behavior 'bizarre' 2008

  • You acknowledge and agree that due to the unique nature of ABC News's Proprietary Information, there can be no adequate remedy at law for any breach of its obligations hereunder, that any such breach may allow you or third parties to unfairly compete with ABC News resulting in irreparable harm to ABC News, and therefore, that upon any such breach or threat thereof, ABC News shall be entitled to injunctions and other appropriate equitable relief in addition to whatever remedies it may have at law.

    Boing Boing: June 27, 2004 - July 3, 2004 Archives 2004

  • The judge said it would call irreparable jury to J.K. Rowling.

    CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2008 2008

  • It even seemed that she feared to be distracted from her grief, as she surrounded herself with a sort of avidity with all that could recall her irreparable loss.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

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