irretrievably
Gone for good
Irretrievably means in a way that cannot be recovered or undone.
What's lost irretrievably is gone for good: The data was irretrievably corrupted, Their marriage had broken down irretrievably.
The word emphasizes finality—there's no getting it back, no fixing it.
In an unchanging manner
- foreverFor all time
- indeliblyUnable to be erased
- immutablyIn unalterable manner
- eternallyFor infinite duration
irrevocably · unchangeably · enduringly · perpetually · finally · conclusively · definitively · absolutely
Unable to navigate
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- unrecoverableImpossible to regain
- goneNo longer present
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
forgotten · erased · obliterated · disappeared · extinct · annihilated · demolished · destroyed
Without any expectation
- desperatelyWith urgent intensity
- futilelyIn a fruitless manner
- helplesslyWithout ability to cope
- doomedDestined for destruction
sunk · finished · beyond help · terminally · incurably · fatally · catastrophically · disastrously
permanently
In an unchanging manner
eternally · irrevocably · unchangeably · enduringly · perpetually · finally · conclusively · definitively · absolutely · completely
lost
Unable to navigate
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- unrecoverableImpossible to regain
- goneNo longer present
missing · forgotten · erased · obliterated · disappeared · extinct · annihilated · demolished · destroyed · shattered
hopelessly
Without any expectation
- desperatelyWith urgent intensity
- futilelyIn a fruitless manner
- helplesslyWithout ability to cope
doomed · sunk · finished · beyond help · terminally · incurably · fatally · catastrophically · disastrously · tragically
irretrievablytemporarily
For a limited time
momentarily · transiently · provisionally · fleetingly · ephemerally