transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪrɪtri:vəb(ə)l ]
If you talk about irretrievable damage or an irretrievable situation, you mean that the damage or situation is so bad that there is no possibility of putting it right. ( FORMAL )
...a country in irretrievable decline.
= irreparable
ADJ
• ir‧re‧triev‧ably
Eventually her marriage broke down irretrievably.
ADV : usu ADV with v