unrectifiable
Cannot be corrected
Unrectifiable describes something that cannot be corrected, fixed, or set right.
The word applies to errors, wrongs, or situations beyond remedy: The damage to their relationship seemed unrectifiable.
It carries a sense of permanence—what's done cannot be undone.
More common in formal or legal contexts than everyday speech.
Feeling no remorse
- unreformableImpossible to correct
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
- recidivistHabitual criminal returner
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
obstinate · defiant · unmanageable · untamable · willful · stubborn · wayward · incurable
Fixed without end
- finalLast and decisive
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
- immutableIncapable of being changed
indelible · binding · conclusive · definitive · settled · absolute · unchangeable · inexorable
Made worse by injury
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- unsalvageableImpossible to recover
- unfixableCannot be mended
unmendable · unrepairable · irremediable · beyond repair · destroyed · shattered · wrecked · totaled
Incapable of producing results
- despairTotal absence of hope
- doomedDestined for destruction
- impossibleIncapable of occurring
- helplessUnable to act independently
lost cause · unrecoverable · irretrievable · irrecoverable · forsaken · abandoned · written off · terminal
unrepentant
Feeling no remorse
- unreformableImpossible to correct
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
- recidivistHabitual criminal returner
intransigent · obstinate · defiant · unmanageable · untamable · willful · stubborn · wayward · incurable · chronic
permanent
Fixed without end
- finalLast and decisive
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
immutable · indelible · binding · conclusive · definitive · settled · absolute · unchangeable · inexorable · inevitable
damaged
Made worse by injury
- brokenDamaged beyond function
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- unsalvageableImpossible to recover
unfixable · unmendable · unrepairable · irremediable · beyond repair · destroyed · shattered · wrecked · totaled · demolished
futile
Incapable of producing results
- despairTotal absence of hope
- doomedDestined for destruction
- impossibleIncapable of occurring
helpless · lost cause · unrecoverable · irretrievable · irrecoverable · forsaken · abandoned · written off · terminal · fatal
unrectifiablerectifiable
Able to be fixed
correctable · fixable · remediable · repairable · amendable
rectifiable, rectify, rectification, rectifier, correct, correction, corrective, correctly, correctness