unretrievable
Gone beyond recovery
Unretrievable means impossible to get back or recover.
What's unretrievable is lost permanently: unretrievable data, unretrievable memories, an unretrievable mistake.
The word emphasizes finality—not merely difficult to retrieve, but beyond any possibility of recovery.
The deleted files proved unretrievable even by specialists.
Impossible to regain
- unrecoverableImpossible to regain
- irretrievableImpossible to regain
- unsalvageableImpossible to recover
- unrestorableCannot be returned to original
irredeemable · irremediable · hopeless · beyond repair · beyond reach · unclaimable · unreturnable · unfixable
Unable to navigate
- misplacedPut in wrong location
- mislaidLost through carelessness
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
gone · missing · forgotten · buried · scattered · untraceable · unlocatable · unfindable
Fixed without end
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- indelibleImpossible to remove
- immutableIncapable of being changed
eternal · perpetual · final · conclusive · unalterable · unchangeable · fixed · sealed
Made impure or dishonest
- deletedPermanently removed
- erasedRemoved by rubbing
- wipedCleaned by rubbing
- overwrittenReplaced with new data
crashed · unreadable · inaccessible · encrypted · fragmented · damaged · destroyed · purged
irrecoverable
Impossible to regain
- unrecoverableImpossible to regain
- irretrievableImpossible to regain
- unsalvageableImpossible to recover
unrestorable · irredeemable · irremediable · hopeless · beyond repair · beyond reach · unclaimable · unreturnable · unfixable · unmendable
lost
Unable to navigate
disappeared · gone · missing · forgotten · buried · scattered · untraceable · unlocatable · unfindable · strayed
permanent
Fixed without end
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- indelibleImpossible to remove
immutable · eternal · perpetual · final · conclusive · unalterable · unchangeable · fixed · sealed · settled
corrupted
Made impure or dishonest
overwritten · crashed · unreadable · inaccessible · encrypted · fragmented · damaged · destroyed · purged · formatted
unretrievableretrievable
Able to be gotten back
recoverable · salvageable · reclaimable · restorable · accessible
unretrievablereversible
Able to be undone
temporary · remediable · fixable · undoable · recoverable
retrieve, retrieval, retriever, retrieving, retrievable, unretrieved