as in irreparable
not capable of being repaired, regained, or undone
fortunately, the misprint wasn't an irreversible error since it was discovered early
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Recent Examples of irreversible
This control sequence, called a Hamiltonian, acts like Maxwell’s demon, flip-flopping a supposedly irreversible sequence of events forward to backward.
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Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
Harder drugs don’t always offer the same flexibility, precisely because their consequences are so immediate and too often irreversible.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
The damage caused is irreversible.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026
On top of spewing nitrogen dioxide, a gas that causes irreversible respiratory damage over time, the turbines emit a horrendous sound that’s made life miserable for locals.
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 Apr. 2026
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Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
Harder drugs don’t always offer the same flexibility, precisely because their consequences are so immediate and too often irreversible.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2026
The damage caused is irreversible.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026
On top of spewing nitrogen dioxide, a gas that causes irreversible respiratory damage over time, the turbines emit a horrendous sound that’s made life miserable for locals.
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irreversible
irreparable
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Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency rescinded several longstanding environmental regulations, including gutting the 2009 endangerment finding and rolling back air quality standards for coal-burning power plants, which advocates say will cause irreparable harm.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Court’s tendency to side with the White House in such cases, if only temporarily, has allowed serious constitutional harm to continue, and has, in some cases, done irreparable damage.—
Gregg Nunziata,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Irreversible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irreversible. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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