irreclaimable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- irreclaimability noun
- irreclaimableness noun
- irreclaimably adverb
Etymology
Origin of irreclaimable
First recorded in 1600–10; ir- 2 + reclaimable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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America lost 56,480 men in Viet Nam, the last irreclaimable body count.
From Time Magazine Archive
He understood that once Cully had slept in freedom for a whole night he would be wild again and irreclaimable.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Lithe figures with free and floating draperies sought to recapture the irreclaimable charm that lives for us in the lovely Tanagra figurines, or that flits elusively around the sides of Attic vases.
From A Book About the Theater by Matthews, Brander
“That out and out irreclaimable scamp!” was the definition of the absent one then.
From The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Mitford, Bertram
There seemed to be there a society of irreclaimable little vagabonds.
From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Brace, Charles Loring
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