irreparable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   impossible to repair, restore, remedy, or make right

   The fire caused irreparable damage to the manuscript collection.

From Middle English and Old French irreparable, from Latin irreparabilis ('unable to be repaired'), formed from in- ('not') + reparabilis ('repairable'). Reparabilis comes from reparare, 'to restore or prepare again,' built from re- ('again') + parare ('to prepare').

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