Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IR-RE-COV'ER-A-BLE, a. [in and recoverable.]

1. Not to be recovered or repaired; as, an irrecoverable loss.
2. That can not be regained. Time past is irrecoverable. Rogers.
3. That can not be obtained by demand or suit; as a debt. Franklin.
4. Not be remedied; as, irrecoverable misery. Tillotson.