irreparable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   impossible to repair, restore, remedy, or make right

   The fire caused irreparable damage to the manuscript collection.

Common collocations

• irreparable harm Adjective + noun

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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