unrestorable

Beyond all repair

Something unrestorable cannot be brought back to its original condition or state.

The term applies to damaged objects, corrupted files, or lost relationships that are beyond repair: The fire left the building unrestorable.

Unlike irreparable, which emphasizes permanence of damage, unrestorable focuses on the impossibility of returning to a previous state.

permanence

irreversible

Cannot be undone

irremediable · irretrievable · irrecoverable · unalterable · indelible · unchangeable · lasting · final · terminal · conclusive

damage

ruined

Damaged beyond recovery

wrecked · devastated · obliterated · crumbled · broken · decayed · deteriorated · eroded · corroded · fragmented

abandonment

derelict

Abandoned or neglectful

forgotten · dilapidated · discarded · disused · condemned · junked · scrapped · hopeless · lost

loss

extinct

No longer existing

effaced · expunged · annihilated · perished · gone · irreclaimable · unrecoverable · forfeited · squandered

Opposites
recoverability

unrestorablerestorable

Able to be renewed

repairable · recoverable · salvageable · fixable · mendable

Family

restore, restoration, restored, restoring, restorative, restorer, unrestored, restorable

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