recoverless en · ADJ
Etymology
From recover (noun and verb) + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) From which recovery is not possible.
[T]his so famous and farre renown'd great Brittains Monarchy, had at one blowe endured a recouerlesse ruine, beeing ouerwhelmed in a sea of bloud; […]
1606 August 14 (Gregorian calendar), [Edward] Coke, A Charge Delivered to the Grand Jury at the Assizes Holden at Norwich, 4th August, 1606; Containing a Just Delineation of Popery: and Other Valuable Documents, as Well for Rulers as for Subjects. […], London: […] J. J. Stockdale, […], published 1813, →OCLC, page 35: