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- adjective Impossible to
revive .
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Examples
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But trouble lurks: Roxy is found strapped into her equipment and unrevivable in her garage; she's stuck in mystic limbo, you surmise.
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I keep thinking I should write an "Obscure Musicals" post on the 1957 show Jamaica, which was a hit, and produced one of my favorite cast albums of all time, even though the show itself is basically unrevivable.
Archive 2007-12-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2007
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I keep thinking I should write an "Obscure Musicals" post on the 1957 show Jamaica, which was a hit, and produced one of my favorite cast albums of all time, even though the show itself is basically unrevivable.
A Song I Like Jaime J. Weinman 2007
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Most of the musical comedies that The Producers is trying to harken back to, the raucous, innuendo-filled, schtick-laden musical comedies, were star vehicles, so associated with a particular talent or talents as to be unrevivable without them.
Autumn For Hitler Jaime J. Weinman 2004
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In particular, operas by Lully, Charpentier and Rameau, thought by many experts to be unrevivable, were triumphantly recalled to life and preserved for posterity, thanks to the artistry and near-genius of groups such as William Christie's Les Arts Florissants.
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Note my naive belief that the early 80s were somehow unrevivable!
FreakyTrigger 2009
symbolt commented on the word unrevivable
That cannot be revived.
Examples:
"This thread is unrevivable"
- http://www.cspacezone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=42515&mode=threaded
"Laptop died, think it's unrevivable"
- http://forums.cnet.com/5208-4_102-0.html?threadID=239366
"The soil was said to be as if poisoned, leached of nutrients and unrevivable, no doubt a comparison to Lila"
- http://www.amazon.com/review/R1PKNH6TADA378
August 19, 2009