IRREPLACEABLE


Meaning of IRREPLACEABLE in English

ir ‧ re ‧ place ‧ a ‧ ble /ˌɪrɪˈpleɪsəb ə l◂/ BrE AmE adjective

too special, valuable, or unusual to be replaced by anything else:

Works of art were lost, many of them irreplaceable.

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THESAURUS

■ very special and important

▪ precious very special and important to someone - used about people or things:

My family have always been precious to me.

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His free time was very precious to him.

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the place where I kept my most precious things

▪ prized very special and important to someone, so that they want very much to keep them or obtain them:

The book was one of his most prized possessions.

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The shells are prized for their beauty (=are considered to be very special) .

▪ treasured very special and important to someone, especially because it is connected with someone they love:

the case in which she kept her most treasured possessions

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The holiday was now a treasured memory.

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a treasured gift from her grandmother

▪ irreplaceable extremely special and important, especially because it is the only one of its kind:

The manuscripts are said to be irreplaceable.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.