unsavable

Cannot be salvaged

Unsavable describes something or someone that cannot be saved, rescued, or redeemed.

A document might be unsavable due to a software glitch; a soul might be unsavable in religious contexts: The preacher declared the unrepentant sinner unsavable.

The word often carries finality—beyond help, past the point of rescue.

Also spelled unsaveable.

irreparable

irreparable

Cannot be fixed

unrecoverable · unredeemable · incurable · permanent · unfixable · beyond repair · ruined · destroyed · shattered · wrecked

despair

hopeless

Beyond possibility of success

useless · desperate · anguished · despairing · forlorn · bleak · resigned · defeated · surrendered · disconsolate

doomed

fated

Determined by destiny

terminal · inevitable · destined · sealed · inescapable · inexorable · ill-fated · star-crossed · finished · done for

spiritual

unredeemable

Impossible to save

fallen · forsaken · sinful · corrupt · wicked · irreformable · unrepentant · hardened · impenitent · graceless

Opposites
redeemability/salvageability

unsavablesavable

Capable of preservation

redeemable · salvageable · saveable · rescuable · recoverable

spiritual/moral redemption

unsavableredeemable

Able to be reclaimed

savable · salvageable · forgivable · absolvable · reformable

Family

save, saving, saved, saves, salvation, saver, savers, unsaved, savable

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G