recoverless

English

Etymology

From recover (noun and verb) +‎ -less.[1]

Adjective

recoverless (not comparable)

  1. From which recovery is not possible.
    • 1606 August 14 (Gregorian calendar), [Edward] Coke, A Charge Delivered to the Grand Jury at the Assizes Holden at Norwich, 4th August, 1606; Containing a Just Delineation of Popery: and Other Valuable Documents, as Well for Rulers as for Subjects. […], London: […] J. J. Stockdale, […], published 1813, →OCLC, page 35:
      [T]his so famous and farre renown'd great Brittains Monarchy, had at one blowe endured a recouerlesse ruine, beeing ouerwhelmed in a sea of bloud; […]

References

  1. ^ “recoverless, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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