Definition for Irretrievable:

• That cannot be retrieved. Hence irretrievability n., irretrievably adv.

Synonyms for Irretrievable:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • irretrievable.
  •desperate (adjective)
  • hard up,
  • vain,
  • Desponding,
  • despondent,
  • downcast,
  • sad,
  • forlorn,
  • futile,
  • inconsolable,
  • no-chance,
  • sunk,
  • despairing,
  • gone,
  • wretched,
  • useless.
  •hopeless (adjective)
  • desperate.

• n.

  •
  • decrepit,
  • broken-down,
  • derelict,
  • beaten-up,
  • do for,
  • beat up,
  • dilapidated,
  • down-at-heel,
  • condemned,
  • creaky.

• Other synonyms:

  •discouraging
  • hopeless.

Paraphrases for Irretrievable:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    irreparable.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    non-reversible.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    irreversible, irrevocable.

Antonyms for Irretrievable:

• adj.

  • desperate
    happy, contented, joyful, secure, satisfactory, hopeful, calm, confident, content, unworried, cheerful, satisfied.
  • irreparable
    repairable, Mendable, fixable, reparable.
  • irrevocable
    changeable, revocable, alterable, reversible.
  • lost
    existing, existent, living, winning, seen, found, alive, aware, cognizant, Accomplishing, attentive, successful.
  • Other antonyms:
    rueful, corrected, salvageable, penitent, regretful, sorry, undoable, Salvable, remorseful, repaired, reformable, repentant, encouraging, promising, rectifiable, retrievable, recovered, Savable, fixed, reclaimable, curable.

Irretrievable Sentence Examples:

• The smallest failure or miscarriage - the merest chance - may lead to irretrievable disaster.

• " It is beyond my reach now," Mulford at length exclaimed, sighing heavily, like one who became conscious of some great and irretrievable loss.