unsalvageable

adjective

un·​sal·​vage·​able ˌən-ˈsal-vi-jə-bəl How to pronounce unsalvageable (audio)
: not capable of being salvaged : not salvageable
a house in unsalvageable condition
an unsalvageable relationship
unsalvageably adverb
a house in unsalvageably bad condition

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This feels a bit forced and corny, and the director becomes even more outlandish depicting Maggi’s dreams as their relationship feels fully unsalvageable: a rooster disturbs him in real life, then visits him in giant, anthropomorphized form in his dream to injure him or worse. David Katz, IndieWire, 18 May 2025 Nowhere good, is the answer, as these pitiable, middle-aged misfits gradually reveal lives that are likely unsalvageable. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 1 May 2025 In particular, Gilbert’s primary satire, of the English gentry, is unsalvageable. Jesse Green, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025 In the midst of a difficult but by no means unsalvageable season, it was announced that the Mavericks would be trading Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers in one of the most stunning trades in NBA history. Matias Grez, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unsalvageable

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unsalvageable was in 1917

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“Unsalvageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsalvageable. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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