Hypertext Webster Gateway: "irreparable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Irreparable \Ir*rep"a*ra*ble\, a. [L. irreparabilis: cf. F.
irr['e]parable. See {In-} not, and {Reparable}.]
Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered,
regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an
irreparable breach; an irreparable loss. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
irreparable
adj : impossible to repair, rectify, or amend; "irreparable harm";
"an irreparable mistake"; "irreparable damages" [ant: {reparable}]
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