The Collaborative International Dictionary
Irrecuperably
Irrecuperable \Ir`re*cu"per*a*ble\, a. [L. irrecuperabilis: cf. OF. irrecuperable. See In- not, and Recuperate.] Irrecoverable. -- Ir`re*cu"per*a*bly, adv.
Wiktionary
irrecuperably
adv. In an irrecuperable way.
Usage examples of "irrecuperably".
Benjamin sees melancholia as a compulsive response to an intolerable situation: one in which everything seems to be fragments and ruins, in which we know that we are irrecuperably estranged from a supposed 'origin' to which we nonetheless continue compulsively to refer.