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unrecoverable

unrecoverable adjective: not recoverable; that cannot be recovered.

Adjective

unrecoverable (not comparable)

  1. Not recoverable; that cannot be recovered.
  2. From which recovery is not possible.
    • The software crashed with an unrecoverable error, and I lost half an hour of work.

Noun

unrecoverable (plural unrecoverables)

  1. Something that cannot be recovered.

Synonyms of unrecoverable

Forms of unrecoverable

pluralunrecoverables

Origin of unrecoverable

From Middle English unrecoverable, un recoverabyll, un recoverabylle, unrecuverable, equivalent to un- + recoverable. Attested earlier than recoverable.

Words formed from unrecoverable

Questions about unrecoverable

What does unrecoverable mean?
Unrecoverable means not recoverable; that cannot be recovered.
What part of speech is unrecoverable?
Unrecoverable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near unrecoverable in the dictionary

  1. unrecountable
  2. unrecounted
  3. unrecoupable
  4. unrecouped
  5. unrecoverability
  6. unrecoverable
  7. unrecoverableness
  8. unrecoverables
  9. unrecoverably
  10. unrecovered
  11. unrecreant

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