unrecoverability
State of irretrievability
The quality of being impossible to recover, retrieve, or restore.
In computing, unrecoverability describes data that cannot be salvaged after deletion or corruption: The crash resulted in the complete unrecoverability of the files.
The term appears in legal and financial contexts for losses beyond remedy, and in environmental discussions about damage past the point of restoration.
Quality of lasting indefinitely
- finalityState of conclusive completion
- irrevocabilityInability to be undone
- irreversibilityState of being permanent
- irremediabilityBeing beyond correction
irretrievability · indelibility · immutability · inescapability · totality · absoluteness · conclusiveness
Act of completely ruining
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- disintegrationProcess of breaking apart
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
dilapidation · wreckage · collapse · atrophy · decomposition · obliteration · annihilation · devastation
Total absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- desolationState of complete emptiness
anguish · grief · devastation · despondency · dejection · inconsolability · heartbreak · trauma
Legal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- defaultPreset standard option
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
write-off · repossession · ruin · destitution · collapse · receivership · shortfall · debt
Dishonest abuse of power
- deletionRemoval of content
- inaccessibilityState of being unreachable
- overwriteReplace stored data
- wipeoutComplete, catastrophic failure
crash · breach · formatting · malfunction · glitch · failure · downtime · error
permanence
Quality of lasting indefinitely
- finalityState of conclusive completion
- irrevocabilityInability to be undone
- irreversibilityState of being permanent
irremediability · irretrievability · indelibility · immutability · inescapability · totality · absoluteness · conclusiveness
destruction
Act of completely ruining
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- disintegrationProcess of breaking apart
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
ruin · dilapidation · wreckage · collapse · atrophy · decomposition · obliteration · annihilation · devastation · demolition
despair
Total absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
desolation · anguish · grief · devastation · despondency · dejection · inconsolability · heartbreak · trauma · sorrow
bankruptcy
Legal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- defaultPreset standard option
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
liquidation · write-off · repossession · ruin · destitution · collapse · receivership · shortfall · debt · indebtedness
corruption
Dishonest abuse of power
- deletionRemoval of content
- inaccessibilityState of being unreachable
- overwriteReplace stored data
wipeout · crash · breach · formatting · malfunction · glitch · failure · downtime · error · degradation
unrecoverabilityrecoverability
Ability to be restored
retrievability · salvageability · restorability · redeemability · reversibility
unrecoverable, recoverability, recoverable, recovery, recover, recovered, recovering, recovers, recoveries