irremediable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   impossible to cure, correct, repair, or improve

   The delay caused irremediable damage to the fragile manuscript.

Ultimately from Latin irremediabilis, 'incurable,' formed from in- ('not') + remediabilis ('capable of being remedied'), from remedium, 'cure, remedy.' In English the prefix appears as ir- before r, yielding the literal sense 'not able to be remedied.'

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