irrecoverable
/ɪrˌrɛkəvərəbəl/ · ir.re.cov.a.ble
adjective
- Not recoverable; incapable of being recovered. The company declared the debt irrecoverable, writing it off as a loss.
- That cannot be recovered from or made good; irremediable. The patient's condition was considered irrecoverable, and the doctors decided to focus on palliative care.
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Did you know? The term 'irrecoverable' is often used in finance to describe debts that are unlikely to be repaid, but it also has applications in medicine and law, where it can describe conditions or situations that are beyond repair.