unfixable

Permanently broken now

Unable to be repaired or corrected.

An unfixable car isn't worth the mechanic's time.

An unfixable flaw in a plan means starting over.

The word often carries resignation—acknowledging that some damage, whether to objects, relationships, or situations, lies beyond remedy: The marriage seemed unfixable by that point.

irreparable

broken

Damaged beyond function

hopeless · unsalvageable · irreversible · totaled · wrecked · kaput · write-off · permanent · terminal · fatal

systemic

corruption

Dishonest abuse of power

flaw · problem · issue · crisis · injustice · poverty · structural · institutional · endemic · ingrained

relational

relationship

Connection between entities

bond · rift · breach · betrayal · damage · estrangement · rupture · falling-out · wounds · hurt

mechanical

engine

Machine producing motion

appliance · electronics · device · gadget · equipment · vehicle · computer · hardware · component · part

Categories
Opposites
repairability

unfixablefixable

Capable of being mended

repairable · mendable · restorable · reparable · salvageable

solvability

unfixablesolvable

Capable of resolution

resolvable · remediable · fixable · rectifiable · addressable

Family

fix, fixed, fixing, fixation, fixture, prefix, unchangeable, affix, incurable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G