incurable

[ in-kyoor-uh-buhl ]

/ ɪnˈkyʊər ə bəl /

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adjective

not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.

not susceptible to change: his incurable pessimism.

noun

a person suffering from an incurable disease.

Nearby words

incumber, incumbrance, incunable, incunabula, incur, incurable, incurious, incurrence, incurrent, incursion, incursive

Origin of incurable

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

SYNONYMS FOR incurable

2 unflagging, incorrigible, relentless.

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Related forms

in·cur·a·bil·i·ty, in·cur·a·ble·ness, nounin·cur·a·bly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for incurable

Mengnan was told it was incurable, but that there was one medicine, Remicade, that might help.
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Women Living with Incurable STDs, argues that women are more often shunned when it comes to an STI.
The Silent Shame of HPV|Emily Shire|August 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is technically “incurable” but incurable in the same way that colds have no cure and sprained ankles have no cure.
Suffering From An ‘Incurable Respiratory Disease’ This Winter? Relax. It’s Just RSV.|Kent Sepkowitz|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite being told that her disease was incurable, Carr refused to accept that there was nothing she could do about it.
So You Wanna Be Vegan? Start Here.|Alessandra Rafferty|February 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Political bias can be a fleeting sickness; profound ignorance, on the other hand, can be incurable.
Ignorant America|Tunku Varadarajan|August 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
True, we still lay at the discretion of the traders; but that was the incurable weakness of our guilt.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
He neglected his school lessons, and he was dismissed after a few years as an incurable scamp.
The Chequers|James Runciman
The doctors say her complaint is incurable, and she is not at all old.
Doctor Luttrell's First Patient|Rosa Nouchette Carey
I will complete this sketch of an incurable cannibal grandee with two incongruous traits.
In the South Seas|Robert Louis Stevenson
My wife and friends had been told by doctors there was no hope of my being any better, I was incurable.
Ten Years and Ten Months in Lunatic Asylums in Different States|Moses Swan

British Dictionary definitions for incurable

incurable

/ (ɪnˈkjʊərəbəl) /

adjective

(esp of a disease) not curable; unresponsive to treatment

noun

a person having an incurable disease

Derived Forms

incurability or incurableness, nounincurably, adverb

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incurable

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noun

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incurable

adjective

noun

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incurable

adj.