unrecoverable

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adjective

Not recoverable; that cannot be recovered.

“The software crashed with an unrecoverable error, and I lost half an hour of work.”

Similar
irrecoverableirretrievableunretrievablelost
Opposite
recoverable
OriginMiddle English unrecoverable →
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Meanings

adjectiveunrecoverable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot recoverable; that cannot be recovered.
  2. not comparableFrom which recovery is not possible.

    The software crashed with an unrecoverable error, and I lost half an hour of work.

noununrecoverable (plural unrecoverables)

plural unrecoverables

  1. Something that cannot be recovered.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
irrecoverable

adjectiveincapable of being recovered or regained

Similar
irrecoverableirretrievableunretrievablelost
Opposite
recoverable
Also see
irrecoverableirretrievablelostunretrievable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishunrecoverable
  2. Englishunrecoverable

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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