Definition of Irreparable

1. Adjective. Impossible to repair, rectify, or amend. "Irreparable damages"

Antonyms: Reparable

Definition of Irreparable

1. a. Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss.

Definition of Irreparable

1. Adjective. Incapable of being repaired, amended, cured or rectified ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Irreparable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irreparable

irremediably
irremissibility
irremissible
irremissibleness
irremissibly
irremission
irremissive
irremittable
irremovability
irremovable
irremovably
irremunerable
irrenowned
irrep
irreparability
irreparable (current term)
irreparableness
irreparably
irreparate
irrepealability
irrepealable
irrepentance
irreplaceability
irreplaceable
irreplaceableness
irreplaceably
irreplicability
irreplicable
irreprehensible
irrepresentable

Literary usage of Irreparable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"As to irreparable evil. It may be such either — 1. absolutely, or, 2. relatively: absolutely, to wit, in its own nature, relation had to the nature of man ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, William Brown, Robert Henley Eden Henley (1819)
"So in the case insolvent, and that irreparable damage would ensue if the Court upon the partnership, the suggestion was that the partner was Hid not ..."

3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1888)
"The question as to what is irreparable injury, such as to justify a court of equity in restraining a trespass, is considered at length in the note to Jerome ..."

4. Commentaries on the Law of Contracts: Being a Consideration of the Nature ...by William Frederick Elliott by William Frederick Elliott (1913)
"irreparable injury.—Courts of equity will not interfere to prevent injury by injunction unless the injury will be great or the damages irreparable.61 If, ..."

5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1916)
"The bill seeking the injunction must set out facts which will enable the court to say whether the injury will be irreparable; and that such will be the ..."

6. Elementary Law by William Callyhan Robinson (1882)
"316. Of Injunctions against irreparable Injury to Property. An irreparable injury to property is an injury for which the owner of the property cannot be ..."

7. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
""irreparable Injury" which may be prevented by Injunction Includes damage "irreparable" in the sense that it cannot be estimated by any accurate standard, ..."

8. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"As to irreparable evil. It may be such either — 1. absolutely, or, 2. relatively: absolutely, to wit, in its own nature, relation had to the nature of man ..."

9. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, William Brown, Robert Henley Eden Henley (1819)
"So in the case insolvent, and that irreparable damage would ensue if the Court upon the partnership, the suggestion was that the partner was Hid not ..."

10. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1888)
"The question as to what is irreparable injury, such as to justify a court of equity in restraining a trespass, is considered at length in the note to Jerome ..."

11. Commentaries on the Law of Contracts: Being a Consideration of the Nature ...by William Frederick Elliott by William Frederick Elliott (1913)
"irreparable injury.—Courts of equity will not interfere to prevent injury by injunction unless the injury will be great or the damages irreparable.61 If, ..."

12. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1916)
"The bill seeking the injunction must set out facts which will enable the court to say whether the injury will be irreparable; and that such will be the ..."

13. Elementary Law by William Callyhan Robinson (1882)
"316. Of Injunctions against irreparable Injury to Property. An irreparable injury to property is an injury for which the owner of the property cannot be ..."

14. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
""irreparable Injury" which may be prevented by Injunction Includes damage "irreparable" in the sense that it cannot be estimated by any accurate standard, ..."

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