retrieveless

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adjective

Irretrievable.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveretrieveless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIrretrievable.

    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

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APA

retrieveless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrieveless

MLA

“retrieveless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrieveless. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retrieveless,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrieveless.

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