beyond recall
Gone for good
Beyond recall describes something that cannot be retrieved, undone, or brought back.
What is beyond recall is permanently lost or irrevocable: The words were spoken and beyond recall, memories now beyond recall.
The phrase emphasizes finality—once something passes beyond recall, no effort can restore it.
- irretrievableImpossible to regain
- erasedRemoved by rubbing
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- irrevocableCannot be undone
no turning back · point of no return · obliterated · immutable · faded · permanent · buried · inexorable · lost cause · grief · mourning · nostalgia · resignation · unalterable · unremembered · fading memory · inaccessible · out of reach
beyond recallrecoverable
Able to be regained
retrievable · salvageable · reclaimable · restorable · within reach
beyond recallretrievable
Able to be gotten back
at one's fingertips · within reach · recoverable · recallable · memorable
beyond recallreversible
Able to be undone
undoable · temporary · impermanent · recoverable · salvageable
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