non-reversible
adjective
(alsononreversible)uk/ˌnɒn.rɪˈvɜː.sə.bəl/us/ˌnɑːn.rɪˈvɝː.sə.bəl/If something is non-reversible, it cannot bechangedback to what it was before:
Thechildhas a non-reversibleformofdeafness.
Evolution is a non-reversibleprocess.
- Thepresidentdeclaredthat thelifetimebanonplayerswho had takendrugswas non-reversible.
- She has adisablingand non-reversiblekidneydisease.
- Thedecisiontowithdrawfrom this year'stournamentis non-reversible.
- They could notfindout what thepasswordwas because it had beenstoredusing non-reversibleencryption.
Not able to be changed
- be no hard and fast rulesidiom
- burnyourboats/bridgesidiom
- congenital
- continuity
- deep-seated
- incorrigible
- incurably
- inelastic
- inelasticity
- inflexible
- irreversible
- irreversibly
- irrevocable
- irrevocably
- leopard
- unalterable
- unchangeable
- uncompromising
- uncompromisingly
- unredeemable