ir·re·place·a·ble

(ĭr′ĭ-plā′sə-bəl)

adj.

Impossible to replace: irreplaceable antiques.

ir′re·place′a·bil′i·ty, ir′re·place′a·ble·ness n.

ir′re·place′a·bly adv.

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irreplaceable

(ˌɪrɪˈpleɪsəbəl)

adj

not able to be replaced: an irreplaceable antique.

ˌirreˈplaceably adv

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ir•re•place•a•ble

(ˌɪr ɪˈpleɪ sə bəl)

adj.

incapable of being replaced; unique: an irreplaceable vase.

[1800–10]

ir`re•place′a•bly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

irreplaceable - impossible to replace; "irreplaceable antiques"

unreplaceable

unexpendable - not suitable to be expended

replaceable - capable of being replaced

irreplaceable

adjective indispensable, unique, invaluable, priceless a rare and irreplaceable jewel

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Translations

مُتَعَذِّر إستِبْدالُه

nenahraditelný

uerstattelig

unersetzbar

αναντικατάστατος

irremplacable irremplaçable

pótolhatatlan

óbætanlegur

insostituibile

neaizstājams

uerstattelig

незаменимый

yeri doldurulamaz

不能替代的

irreplaceable

[ˌɪrɪˈpleɪsəbl] ADJ → irre(e)mplazable, insustituible

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

irreplaceable

[ˌɪrɪˈpleɪsəb^əl] adj [person, thing] → irremplaçable

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

irreplaceable

adj → unersetzlich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

irreplaceable

[ˌɪrɪˈpleɪsəbl] adj → insostituibile

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

irreplaceable

(iriˈpleisəbl) adjective

too good, rare etc to be able to be replaced if lost or damaged.

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There, where the state ceaseth--there only commenceth the man who is not superfluous: there commenceth the song of the necessary ones, the single and irreplaceable melody.

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There his wife, nearly twenty-six years ago, had broken to him, with a blushing circumlocution that would have caused the young women of the new generation to smile, the news that she was to have a child; and there their eldest boy, Dallas, too delicate to be taken to church in midwinter, had been christened by their old friend the Bishop of New York, the ample magnificent irreplaceable Bishop, so long the pride and ornament of his diocese.

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