irreclaimable
Beyond all retrieval
Irreclaimable describes something that cannot be recovered, reformed, or restored to a useful state.
Land may be irreclaimable after severe contamination; a person may be deemed irreclaimable after repeated failures at rehabilitation.
The word carries a note of finality—what's irreclaimable is beyond salvage: The marshland was irreclaimable after decades of industrial dumping.
Broken into fragments
- wreckedUtterly destroyed
- destroyedMade to cease existing
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
- decayedBroken down organically
crumbled · disintegrated · demolished · ravaged · devastated · obliterated · corroded · eroded
Cannot be undone
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
- finalLast and decisive
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
indelible · perpetual · lasting · enduring · fixed · immutable · unrecoverable · sealed
Morally corrupt, perverse
- incorrigibleImpossible to reform
- unreformableImpossible to correct
- unrepentantFeeling no remorse
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
fallen · corrupt · irredeemable · wicked · sinful · damned · degenerate · lost
Beyond possibility of success
- doomedDestined for destruction
- futileIncapable of producing results
- forlornSad and abandoned
- lost causeEndeavor certain to fail
pointless · useless · vain · unavailing · desperate · fruitless · unwinnable · unattainable
Uninhabitable barren region
- barrenUnable to produce
- desertifiedMade into barren land
- contaminatedMade impure by contact
- pollutedMade impure by contaminants
toxic · fallow · blighted · salted · stripped · depleted · eroded · deforested
shattered
Broken into fragments
- wreckedUtterly destroyed
- destroyedMade to cease existing
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
decayed · crumbled · disintegrated · demolished · ravaged · devastated · obliterated · corroded · eroded · collapsed
irreversible
Cannot be undone
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
- finalLast and decisive
- irrevocableCannot be undone
unchangeable · indelible · perpetual · lasting · enduring · fixed · immutable · unrecoverable · sealed · settled
depraved
Morally corrupt, perverse
- incorrigibleImpossible to reform
- unreformableImpossible to correct
- unrepentantFeeling no remorse
hardened · fallen · corrupt · irredeemable · wicked · sinful · damned · degenerate · lost · impenitent
hopeless
Beyond possibility of success
lost cause · pointless · useless · vain · unavailing · desperate · fruitless · unwinnable · unattainable · beyond redemption
wasteland
Uninhabitable barren region
- barrenUnable to produce
- desertifiedMade into barren land
- contaminatedMade impure by contact
polluted · toxic · fallow · blighted · salted · stripped · depleted · eroded · deforested · brownfield
irreclaimablereclaimable
Able to be recovered
salvageable · recoverable · redeemable · restorable · remediable
irreclaimableredeemable
Able to be reclaimed
reformable · salvageable · savable · corrigible · virtuous
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