Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
impossible to repair, rectify, or amend;
- Example: "irreparable harm"- Example: "an irreparable mistake"- Example: "irreparable damages"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Irreparable \Ir*rep"a*ra*ble\, a. [L. irreparabilis: cf. F.
irr['e]parable. See In- not, and Reparable.]
Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered,
regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an
irreparable breach; an irreparable loss. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
irreparable
adj 1: impossible to repair, rectify, or amend; "irreparable
harm"; "an irreparable mistake"; "irreparable damages"
[ant: rectifiable, reparable]