incorrigible

[ in-kawr-i-juh-buhl, -kor- ]

/ ɪnˈkɔr ɪ dʒə bəl, -ˈkɒr- /

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adjective

not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.

impervious to constraints or punishment; willful; unruly; uncontrollable: an incorrigible child; incorrigible hair.

firmly fixed; not easily changed: an incorrigible habit.

not easily swayed or influenced: an incorrigible optimist.

noun

a person who is incorrigible.

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Origin of incorrigible

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word incorrigibilis.See in-³, corrigible

OTHER WORDS FROM incorrigible

in·cor·ri·gi·bil·i·ty, in·cor·ri·gi·ble·ness, nounin·cor·ri·gi·bly, adverb

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How to use incorrigible in a sentence

The desire to catch up with friends will help incorrigible hammerheads slow their runs down to a conversational pace, more in line with the principles of “polarized training” that elites already follow.
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The specific issue in Jones is whether sentencing judges must make an explicit determination that a juvenile offender is “permanently incorrigible” before sentencing them to life without parole.
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Though incorrigibly mocked in Bubble Boy, the phenomenon is actually real.
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Whereas with San Fran you sort of feel, well, life is so incorrigibly wonderful out there, they don't really need this.
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Hadria was incorrigibly flippant about the banishment of important local subjects.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
I was just thinking how lovely it would be to sit down before a large, juicy beefsteak, said Tootles incorrigibly.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson
Some one must be tobogganing out there, some one very young and gay and incorrigibly certain of joy.
The Dark Tower|Phyllis Bottome
This kind of forced labour may do some good to the incorrigibly idle, but it does the greatest harm to all the rest.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879|Various
His hair curled crisply and incorrigibly and he bore himself with a lazy sort of grace, agile for all its indolence.
A Pagan of the Hills|Charles Neville Buck

British Dictionary definitions for incorrigible

incorrigible

/ (ɪnˈkɒrɪdʒəbəl) /

adjective

beyond correction, reform, or alteration

firmly rooted; ineradicable

philosophy (of a belief) having the property that whoever honestly believes it cannot be mistakenCompare defeasible

noun

a person or animal that is incorrigible

Derived forms of incorrigible

incorrigibility or incorrigibleness, nounincorrigibly, adverb

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