irreparable

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ir·rep·a·ra·ble

(ĭ-rĕp′ər-ə-bəl)

adj.

Impossible to repair, rectify, or amend: irreparable harm; irreparable damages.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin irreparābilis : in-, not; see in-¹ + reparābilis, reparable; see reparable.]

ir·rep′a·ra·bil′i·ty, ir·rep′a·ra·ble·ness n.

ir·rep′a·ra·bly adv.

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irreparable

irrepairable

adj

not able to be repaired or remedied; beyond repair

irˌreparaˈbility, irˈreparableness n

irˈreparably adv

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ir•rep•a•ra•ble

(ɪˈrɛp ər ə bəl)

adj.

not reparable; incapable of being rectified, remedied, or made good: an irreparable mistake.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin]

ir•rep′a•ra•ble•ness, n.

ir•rep′a•ra•bly, adv.

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Adj.

irreparable - impossible to repair, rectify, or amend; "irreparable harm"; "an irreparable mistake"; "irreparable damages"

rectifiable, reparable - capable of being repaired or rectified; "reparable damage to the car"; "rectifiable wrongs"

irreparable

adjective beyond repair, irreversible, incurable, irretrievable, irrecoverable, irremediable The move would cause irreparable harm to the organization.

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irreparable

adjective

Offering no hope or expectation of improvement:

cureless, hopeless, incurable, irremediable.

Translations

لا يُعَوِّض، لا يُصَلَّح

nenapravitelný

uoprettelig

irreparabel unersetzlich

ανεπανόρθωτος

irréparable

óbætanlegur

irreparabile irreparabilmente

nepataisomai

neatgūstamsnelabojams

ubotelig uopprettelig

irreparável

onarılamaztelâfisi imkânsız

不可弥补的不能修复的

irreparable

[ɪˈrepərəbl] ADJ → irreparable

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

irreparable

[ɪˈrɛpərəb^əl] adj [damage, harm] → irréparable

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

irreparable

adj damage → irreparabel, nicht wiedergutzumachen pred, → nicht wiedergutzumachend attr; harm also → bleibend; loss → unersetzlich; injury → irreparabel

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

irreparable

[ɪˈrɛp/ərəbl] adj → irrimediabile, irreparabile

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

irreparable

(iˈrepərəbl) adjective

(of damage etc) that cannot be put right.

irˈreparably adverb

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