unsaveable

Cannot be salvaged

Unsaveable describes something or someone that cannot be rescued, preserved, or redeemed.

A document might be unsaveable if the software crashes before you can store it; a relationship might be unsaveable if trust has been destroyed beyond repair.

In religious contexts, an unsaveable soul is one beyond redemption.

The medics determined the patient was unsaveable.

The word carries a finality that suggests all reasonable efforts would fail.

futile

pointless

Lacking any purpose

hopeless · lost cause · unwinnable · impossible · unattainable · insurmountable · untenable · unviable · throwaway · expendable

irreparable

irreversible

Cannot be undone

unsalvageable · unrecoverable · terminal · permanent · irrevocable · unrepairable · unfixable · unrestorable · unmendable · beyond repair

doomed

fated

Determined by destiny

foredoomed · destined · damned · marked · sealed · hopeless · lost · finished · sunk · done for

Opposites
redeemability/salvation

unsaveablesaveable

Capable of being rescued

redeemable · salvageable · rescuable · saved · redeemed

rescuability/preservation

unsaveablesaveable

Capable of being rescued

rescuable · salvageable · recoverable · preservable · retrievable

data/file recoverability

unsaveablesaveable

Capable of being rescued

recoverable · storable · preservable · backed up · restorable

Family

save, saveable, saved, saver, savers, saving, savings, saves, unsaved

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