"Half our farm has been unsalvageable because it's been waterlogged or flooded, " she said.

BBC: Flooding on the Somerset Levels at Glastonbury

Other times a situation may prove unsalvageable, and then making a job change is the only road to redemption.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Another plus from the Sogo saga could be less future intervention in the painful but necessary culling of unsalvageable companies.

CNN: Bankrupt Sogo

The decision to enter publishing was a reversal for Jobs, who two years ago said that the book business was unsalvageable.

NEWYORKER: Publish or Perish

More than two dozen unsalvageable buildings in or around Coney Island still need to be demolished, said Chuck Reichenthal, the district manager of the area's community board.

WSJ: NYC's Coney Island hopes for rebound after Sandy