unrecoverable

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unrecoverable

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From Middle English unrecoverable, un recoverabyll, un recoverabylle, unrecuverable, equivalent to un- + recoverable. Attested earlier than recoverable.

adjective

  1. not comparable Not recoverable; that cannot be recovered.
  2. not comparable From which recovery is not possible. The software crashed with an unrecoverable error, and I lost half an hour of work.

Similar: irrecoverable

noun unrecoverables

  1. Something that cannot be recovered.

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Similar: irrecoverable

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"unrecoverable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unrecoverable. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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unrecoverable. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unrecoverable

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"unrecoverable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unrecoverable.

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@misc{unrecoverable_2026,
  title = {unrecoverable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unrecoverable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}