beyond repair

idiom

: to such an extent that repair is not possible

The car was damaged beyond repair.

Examples of beyond repair in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Popular on Variety Heartache is the album’s narrative throughline, and .Paak takes listeners through a relationship that’s fissured beyond repair. —

John Kennedy, Variety, 14 June 2024 Hours earlier, a crash involving a passenger vehicle, a tractor-trailer and a tanker carrying 8,500 gallons of fuel led to a massive fire that damaged the overpass beyond repair. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024 Buffalo traded Jack Eichel because the relationship had soured, likely beyond repair. —

Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 1 June 2024 The glossy, perfect world that we were presented in episode one was not only deconstructed as the series played out, but now it was shattered beyond repair, and we’re left sitting in the wreckage. —

Tom Smyth, Vulture, 8 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for beyond repair

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