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irreparable

 
Dictionary: ir·rep·a·ra·ble   (ĭ-rĕp'ər-ə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
Impossible to repair, rectify, or amend: irreparable harm; irreparable damages.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin irreparābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + reparābilis, reparable; see reparable.]

irreparability ir·rep'a·ra·bil'i·ty or ir·rep'a·ra·ble·ness n.
irreparably ir·rep'a·ra·bly adv.

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adjective

    Offering no hope or expectation of improvement: cureless, hopeless, incurable, irremediable. See hope/despair.

Antonyms: irreparable
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adj

Definition: unable to be fixed
Antonyms: fixable, mendable, repairable, reparable


WordNet: irreparable
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: impossible to repair, rectify, or amend
  Antonym: reparable (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uoprettelig, uerstattelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
niet (meer) te repareren

Français (French)
adj. - irréparable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - irreparabel, nicht wiedergutzumachend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανεπανόρθωτος, αγιάτρευτος

Italiano (Italian)
irreparabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - irreparável

Русский (Russian)
непоправимый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - irreparable, irremediable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - irreparabel, ohjälplig, obotlig, oersättlig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不能修补的, 不能挽回的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不能修補的, 不能挽回的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 고칠 수 없는, 불치의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 修理できない, 取り返しのつかない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متعذر إصلاحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שלא ניתן לתיקון, חסר תקנה‬


 
 
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