that you can never make right or get back an irretrievable situation the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage The money already paid is irretrievable.
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NAmE//ˌɪrɪˈtrivəbli//
adverb Some of our old traditions are irretrievably lost.See irretrievable in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: irretrievable