Usually means: Impossible to recover or regain.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word Irretrievable:

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  1. irretrievable: Merriam-Webster
  2. irretrievable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. irretrievable: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. irretrievable: Collins English Dictionary
  5. irretrievable: Vocabulary.com
  6. Irretrievable, irretrievable: Wordnik
  7. irretrievable: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. irretrievable: Wiktionary
  9. irretrievable: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. irretrievable: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. irretrievable: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Irretrievable, irretrievable: Dictionary.com
  13. Irretrievable: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Irretrievable: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. irretrievable: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. irretrievable: Rhymezone
  17. Irretrievable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. irretrievable: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. irretrievable: FreeDictionary.org
  20. irretrievable: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. irretrievable: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. irretrievable: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. irretrievable: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (irretrievable)

▸ adjective:  Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable

Similar:
irrecoverable, unrecoverable, unretrievable, unrecuperable, nonirreparable, unregainable, irreclaimable, irreparate, irredeemable, retrieveless, more...

Opposite:
retrievable, recoverable, salvageable

Types:
unrecoverable, unreclaimable, undeniable, unredeemable, unremarkable, unrepairable, unresolvable, more...



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Similar:
irrecoverable, unrecoverable, unretrievable, unrecuperable, nonirreparable, unregainable, irreclaimable, irreparate, irredeemable, retrieveless, more...

Opposite:
retrievable, recoverable, salvageable

Types:
unrecoverable, unreclaimable, undeniable, unredeemable, unremarkable, unrepairable, unresolvable, more...



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