🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

不可恢复的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bù kě huī fù de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Irrecoverable/ɪrɪˈkʌvərəbəl/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"丢失的数据是不可恢复的。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not able to be recovered or regained.

    "The data lost in the crash was deemed irrecoverable."
  2. 2

    Incapable of being restored to a previous state.

    "The irrecoverable damage to the ecosystem will take decades to heal."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'irrecoverable' is derived from the prefix 'ir-' meaning 'not' and the root 'recoverable', which comes from the Middle English 'recoveren', originating from Old French 'recovrer', itself from Latin 'recuperare'. The term has evolved to denote something that cannot be regained or retrieved.

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