unrecoverable

unrecoverable
unrecoverable un‧re‧cov‧er‧a‧ble [ˌʌnrɪˈkʌvrəbl◂] adjective FINANCE
if a loss, debt etc is unrecoverable, it is impossible to get back what is lost or owed:

• Roughly 80% of the £15 million losses is unrecoverable.

• He used the blank checks to make unrecoverable loans.

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unrecoverable UK US /ˌʌnrɪˈkʌvərəbl/ adjective
► FINANCE used to describe money that someone has lost or lent and will never get back: unrecoverable costs/debts/loans »

The credit union had unrecoverable loans totalling 235 billion yen.

► IT used to describe information on a computer that has been lost and cannot be found: »

The data recovery company could restore the client's unrecoverable data from the hard drive.

► IT used to describe a mistake in a computer program that cannot be corrected: »

The critical systems folder was deleted, which might have resulted in an unrecoverable system crash.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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