Meaning & use
Unrepairable
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Not able to be repaired or restored; beyond fixing.
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The old roof was declared unrepairable after decades of water damage.
Mechanics said the engine was unrepairable and needed a full replacement.
A note on using this word
Less common than its near-synonym 'irreparable,' but both are considered standard English formed from 'repair' plus a negative prefix.
Words with a similar meaning
irreparablebeyond repair
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Words with an opposite meaning
repairablefixable
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