non-recoverable
adjective
(alsononrecoverable)ukusFINANCE
used todescribeapayment,debt, etc. that cannot be got back:
a non-recoverable down-payment
Examplesofnon-recoverable
non-recoverable
Both recoverable andnon-recoverableitems score similarly, with a slight advantage tonon-recoverableitems.
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The errors that can be detected by our system can be divided into recoverable andnon-recoverableerrors.
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Implementation costs can be substantial andnon-recoverabledue to rigid pricing mechanisms and imprecise linkages between price and quality (23;29;68).
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In other words, it is precisely the reformulation of the utterance that the speaker judges unpredictable ornon-recoverableat the time of verbalization.
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The question arises as to why a speaker would point out to the addressee something that is unpredictable ornon-recoverableat the time of utterance.
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In general, non-surface-apparent opacity can act in a neutralising way, producingnon-recoverableconfigurations.
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This information can be viewed asnon-recoverableat the time of utterance in a very local sense.
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This is, therefore,non-recoverableellipsis.
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Simplifications resulted from the assumptions that deformations in inter-fibre topology and structure werenon-recoverable, friction between fibres dominated hydrodynamic forces and the fibres were always under tension.
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There remains outstanding, however, a sum of approximately £49,500 of which thenon-recoverableexpenditure amounts to about £4,000.
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Thenon-recoverablework was necessary to provide facilities for the workgroups in the building and to meet the changing needs.
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Data for all countries include any duties or taxes payable which arenon-recoverable.
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This was anon-recoverablegrant.
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Accounts receivable represent more than 12 months of billing, part of it beingnon-recoverable.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is the father of the field of plasticity, ornon-recoverabledeformations, which he explored in an extensive series of experiments begun in 1864.
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