irretrievable

  • 11irretrievable — adj. Irretrievable is used with these nouns: ↑breakdown …

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  • 12irretrievable — ir|re|triev|a|ble [ ,ırı trivəbl ] adjective impossible to get back or return to good condition: I think their relationship is now irretrievable. ╾ ir|re|triev|a|bly adverb: Valuable papers had been irretrievably lost in the fire …

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  • 13irretrievable — UK [ˌɪrɪˈtriːvəb(ə)l] / US [ˌɪrɪˈtrɪvəb(ə)l] adjective impossible to get back or return to good condition I think their relationship is now irretrievable. Derived word: irretrievably adverb Valuable papers had been irretrievably lost in the fire …

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  • 14irretrievable breakdown — the sole ground for divorce in the UK. Irretrievable breakdown can be demonstrated only by showing at least one of the following: (1) that the other spouse has committed adultery; (2) that the other spouse has behaved in such a way that the… …

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  • 15irretrievable breakdown of marriage — The situation that exists when either or both spouses no longer are able or willing to live with each other, thereby destroying their husband and wife relationship with no hope of resumption of spousal duties. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia… …

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  • 16irretrievable breakdown of the marriage — ir·re·triev·able break·down of the marriage /ˌir rə trē və bəl /: a broad ground for divorce that is predicated on the development of incompatibility between marriage partners and that is used in many states as the sole ground of no fault divorce …

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  • 17irretrievable debt — index bad debt Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 18irretrievable — adjective Date: 1702 not retrievable ; impossible to regain or recover • irretrievability noun • irretrievably adverb …

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  • 19irretrievable — irretrievability, irretrievableness, n. irretrievably, adv. /ir i tree veuh beuhl/, adj. not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable. [1695 1705; IR 2 + RETRIEVABLE] * * * …

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  • 20irretrievable — Synonyms and related words: ablated, beyond recall, beyond remedy, by the board, changeless, constant, consumed, cureless, depleted, dissipated, eroded, expended, forfeit, forfeited, gone, immedicable, immutable, incommutable, inconvertible,… …

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