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# irreparable

«irreparable» in Mova's school dictionary: **so badly damaged or harmed that it cannot be repaired or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (irreparable); adverb irreparably

### meaning for a pupil

Irreparable means so badly damaged or harmed that it cannot be repaired or put right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreparable/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used for damage, harm, loss: «irreparable damage», «irreparable harm». In science and geography: damage to nature; in stories: a broken friendship. It tells the reader there is no going back.

### examples

- The flood did irreparable damage to the old books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreparable/#x1)
- Cutting down the forest caused irreparable harm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreparable/#x2)
- The vase was irreparable after it fell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreparable/#x3)
- Telling the secret did irreparable damage to their friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreparable/#x4)
- Losing the old photos was an irreparable loss. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreparable/#x5)
- The engine was irreparable, so they bought a new one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreparable/#x6)

### note

Say «ih-REP-er-uh-bul», stress on «REP», not «repair-able». Opposite: reparable (rare), repairable.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «irreparable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irreparable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.