irretrievability
Beyond all recovery
Irretrievability is the quality of being impossible to recover or restore.
The word appears most often in legal and technical contexts: the irretrievability of deleted files, the irretrievability of a marriage as grounds for divorce.
Once something has passed the point of irretrievability, no effort can bring it back.
Cannot be undone
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- unrecoverableImpossible to regain
- permanentFixed without end
- eternalLasting without end
indelible · immutable · unchangeable · finality · perpetual · lasting · enduring · fixed
Unable to navigate
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- goneNo longer present
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
- erasedRemoved by rubbing
forgotten · obliterated · extinct · dissolved · faded · departed · absent · missing
Cannot be accessed
- unobtainableImpossible to acquire
- unattainableImpossible to acquire
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
- beyond reachUnable to obtain
out of reach · untouchable · barred · blocked · sealed off · locked away · hidden · buried
No longer recalled
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
- erasedRemoved by rubbing
- blankedMade empty or void
unremembered · effaced · dimmed · hazy · suppressed · repressed · unrecallable · slipped away
Made impure or dishonest
- deletedPermanently removed
- overwrittenReplaced with new data
- wipedCleaned by rubbing
- crashedSuddenly failed or slept
unrecoverable · lost files · damaged · destroyed · fragmented · erased · formatted · purged
irrevocable
Cannot be undone
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- unrecoverableImpossible to regain
- permanentFixed without end
eternal · indelible · immutable · unchangeable · finality · perpetual · lasting · enduring · fixed · unalterable
lost
Unable to navigate
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- goneNo longer present
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
erased · forgotten · obliterated · extinct · dissolved · faded · departed · absent · missing · forfeited
unreachable
Cannot be accessed
- unobtainableImpossible to acquire
- unattainableImpossible to acquire
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
beyond reach · out of reach · untouchable · barred · blocked · sealed off · locked away · hidden · buried · obscured
forgotten
No longer recalled
blanked · unremembered · effaced · dimmed · hazy · suppressed · repressed · unrecallable · slipped away
corrupted
Made impure or dishonest
- deletedPermanently removed
- overwrittenReplaced with new data
- wipedCleaned by rubbing
crashed · unrecoverable · lost files · damaged · destroyed · fragmented · erased · formatted · purged · expunged
irretrievabilityretrievability
Capacity to be fetched
recoverability · salvageability · restorability · accessibility · obtainability
irretrievabilityreversibility
Can be undone
temporariness · impermanence · transience · recoverability · ephemerality
irretrievable, irretrievably, retrievable, retrieve, retrieved, retriever, retrievers, retrieves, retrieving