irrecoverable

From Middle English irrecoverable, from Middle French irrecovrable.^[1] Attested earlier than recoverable. By surface analysis, ir- +‎ recoverable.

irrecoverable (comparative more irrecoverable, superlative most irrecoverable)

1. Not recoverable; incapable of being recovered.

   en, irrecoverable data

   an irrecoverable debt

2. That cannot be recovered from or made good; irremediable.

   an irrecoverable disease; irrecoverable danger

• unrecoverable, gone

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “irrecoverable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “irrecoverable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.