incorruptible

[ in-kuh-ruhp-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. not corruptible:

   incorruptible integrity.

   Synonyms: unbribable, righteous, upright

2. that cannot be perverted or bribed:

   incorruptible by money.

3. that will not dissolve, disintegrate, decay, etc.:

   an incorruptible metal.

incorruptible

/ ˌɪnkəˈrʌptəbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being corrupted; honest; just
2. not subject to decay or decomposition

Derived Forms

• ˌincorˌruptiˈbility, noun
• ˌincorˈruptibly, adverb

Other Words From

• incor·rupti·bili·ty incor·rupti·ble·ness noun
• incor·rupti·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of incorruptible¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Late Latin word incorruptibilis. See in- ³, corruptible

Example Sentences

But the Mexican marines who grabbed him back in February were unafraid and incorruptible.

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But he never stopped speaking his mind, and to the people he always remained an incorruptible hero.

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MORE   The Incorruptible Official China NeedsBy Huang Hung Wu Yi is tiny but powerful.

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Black leaders thought that Farrakhan spoke most powerfully to their ethnic base and was even seen by that base as incorruptible.

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This is an honest town, an incorruptible town, and I know I can trust it without fear.

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She desired nothing further than her present surrender to the incorruptible, inassailable passion of service.

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As it was, he owned that her incorruptible simplicity preserved her, even at her worst, from being really dreadful.

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Marriage had not abridged his immeasurable remoteness, nor touched his incorruptible refinement.

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The Egyptian sought in vain to make the mortal body incorruptible by embalming it.

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