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irretrievable

 adjective
     
ir‧re‧triev‧a‧ble formal
1 an irretrievable situation cannot be made right again:
the irretrievable breakdown of their marriage
2

irretrievable loss

the loss of something that you can never get back
—irretrievably adverb:
irretrievably lost
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