unretrievable

1. 1.

   impossible to recover or recoup or overcome

   “an irretrievable loss”

   “irretrievable errors in judgment”

   Synonymsirretrievable

   Similarunrecoverable

Questions about unretrievable

What does unretrievable mean?

unretrievable means "impossible to recover or recoup or overcome".

How many syllables are in unretrievable?

unretrievable has 5 syllables: un-re-trie-va-ble. The stress falls on "trie".

What is another word for unretrievable?

Close synonyms include irretrievable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unretrievable a common word?

unretrievable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.