0 impossible to correct or return to a previously existing situation or condition: --
1 used to describe something that is impossible to correct or return to a previously good condition or situation: --
an irretrievable situation
Clause 53 reduces the periods of separation required to establish the irretrievable breakdown of marriage.
With regard to those that are irretrievable, as some probably are, we will have to be clear that no progress can be made.
The firm and irretrievable conclusion is that it was not a runner in this country—neither practical nor desirable.
He says that the acquis communautaire is in essence an irretrievable process—an irrecoverable process.
Is it axiomatic that separation for two years proves irretrievable breakdown?
The larger requirements in 1995 (when the crop was affected by disease) may have arisen indirectly, through decreased grain filling and an increase in irretrievable grains at harvest.
In short, most schools of architecture find themselves in an intractable position (which is possibly irretrievable in the short term).
If a farmer fails to purchase fertilizer or pesticides for his standing crop, output loss may be irretrievable.
