incorrigible
adjective
not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform.
incorrigibility
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a word derived from
incorrigible.
Example Sentences
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Some were held on loitering charges, while others were detained over their perceived "incorrigibility."
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
The “argument that the sentencer must make a finding of permanent incorrigibility is inconsistent with the court’s precedents,” Kavanaugh wrote.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2021
Could a state, Chief Justice John Roberts asked, just tell a judge: “Here are the things you need to consider, and transient youth or incorrigibility is one of them?”
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2019
A bunch of them were sent there for offenses they’d never heard of: malingering, mopery, incorrigibility.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
The manhood was gone from the mottled features, which now wore the furtive look of the hunted, the sign-manual of cunning, incorrigibility and debauch.
From The Long Lane's Turning by Hallie Erminie Rives
