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retrieveless

retrieveless adjective: irretrievable.

Adjective

retrieveless (not comparable)

  1. Irretrievable.
    • They bid us seize the moments as they pass— / Snatch the retrieveless sunbeam as it flies, / Nor lose one sand of life's revolving glass— […]1853, John Quincy Adams, Poems of Religion and Society, page 38

Origin of retrieveless

From retrieve + -less.

Questions about retrieveless

What does retrieveless mean?
Retrieveless means irretrievable.
What part of speech is retrieveless?
Retrieveless is an adjective.

Words near retrieveless in the dictionary

  1. retrievably
  2. retrieval
  3. retrievals
  4. retrieve
  5. retrieved
  6. retrieveless
  7. retrievement
  8. retrievements
  9. retriever
  10. retrieverish
  11. retrievers

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