unrecoverable

/ˌʌnrɪˈkʌvərəbl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌʌnrɪˈkʌvərəbl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌən-ri-ˈkə-və-rə-bəl -ˈkəv-rə-/ (ame, mw)

unrecoverable — adjective

  • unrecoverablepositive
  • more unrecoverablecomparative
  • most unrecoverablesuperlative

1. Describes money, files, or other things that have been lost and cannot be brough

1.形容詞C1
釋義

Describes money, files, or other things that have been lost and cannot be brought back or restored.

例句

After the laptop crashed, Hui discovered that months of photos were unrecoverable.

pattern: files become unrecoverable after a crash

The bank warned Tariq that the wire fee would be unrecoverable.

finance: unrecoverable fee after payment

同義詞
  • irretrievable

    the closest synonym; slightly more formal and often used in legal, financial, or emotional contexts

  • lost

    more general; something can be lost without being impossible to recover

  • gone

    more informal and emotional; common in speech when something has disappeared

反義詞

文法句型

be + unrecoverable

become + unrecoverable

用法筆記

Most often used for money, digital files, fees, or losses that have passed the point where they can realistically be returned. It commonly appears after verbs such as 'lose', 'delete', 'spend', or 'become'.

常見錯誤

❌The broken screen is unrecoverable.
✅The data on the broken phone is unrecoverable.
💡use 'unrecoverable' for something you cannot get back, not for physical damage that cannot be repaired.
❌My bag is unrecoverable because I cannot find it now.
✅My bag is missing, but it may still be found.
💡'unrecoverable' implies there is no realistic way to get it back, not just that it is temporarily lost.