irreparable
adjective/ɪˈrepərəbl/
/ɪˈrepərəbl/
- (of a loss, injury, etc.) too bad or too serious to repair or put right
- to cause irreparable damage/harm to your health
- Her death is an irreparable loss.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIrreparable is used with these nouns:- damage
- harm
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin irreparabilis, from in- ‘not’ + reparabilis (from reparare ‘make ready again’, from re- ‘back’ + parare ‘make ready’).Definitions on the go
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