irrecoverable

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

IRRECOV'ERABLE, adjective [in and recoverable.] 1. Not to be recovered or repaired; as an irrecoverable loss. 2. That cannot be regained. Time past is irrecoverable 3. That cannot be obtained by demand or suit; as a debt. 4. Not be remedied; as irrecoverable misery.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

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