irretrievably

comparative more irretrievably · superlative most irretrievably

1. In an irretrievable manner; irrecoverably.

   Old English seems, and remains, irretrievably distant[.]

   1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 17

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   Such comments needlessly and irretrievably polarize the collective and its neighbors.

   1986 February 15, John Cronin, “More To It Than Homophobia”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 31, page 5