irrecoverable

“The lack of a tight seal from this defect resulted in the multiple subsequent air embolism events and irrecoverable neurological damage,” they wrote.

So - fittingly - it seems that nostalgia for his younger self may have played a role in the driver's love of the song, which is itself a yearning for an irrecoverable past.

"The investigation found that, in the prevailing circumstances, the loss of yaw control was irrecoverable," it said in its final report on the crash.

They also worry that the city would cause irrecoverable damage to the age-old boxes by removing them.

Dr Johnson said one of the injuries to her head was "irrecoverable".