incurable
not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
not susceptible to change: his incurable pessimism.
a person with an incurable disease.
Origin of incurable
1Other words for incurable
Other words from incurable
- in·cur·a·bil·i·ty [in-kyoor-uh-bil-i-tee], /ɪnˌkyʊər əˈbɪl ɪ ti/, in·cur·a·ble·ness, noun
- in·cur·a·bly, adverb
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How to use incurable in a sentence
He also sees the potential for CRISPR to address other incurable human diseases, like Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s, that may have genetic components.
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When I was diagnosed with an incurable form of NHL in January 2002, my only treatment option at the time was chemotherapy.
Mengnan was told it was incurable, but that there was one medicine, Remicade, that might help.
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The truth is that a horrific, incurable virus is ravaging Guinea—and at least three other countries in West Africa.
Women Living with incurable STDs, argues that women are more often shunned when it comes to an STI.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTDespite being told that her disease was incurable, Carr refused to accept that there was nothing she could do about it.
They spoke like this because they are accustomed to abandon altogether those whom they have once judged incurable.
That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThis accident led his parents to reflect upon the childs incurable tendency and consider the question of his musical education.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyEven Bishop Ken said of him that he showed zeal to make the schism incurable.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. OvertonStricken by an incurable anaemia, he would remain for weeks without leaving his house, without doing any work.
The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
British Dictionary definitions for incurable
/ (ɪnˈkjʊərəbəl) /
(esp of a disease) not curable; unresponsive to treatment
a person having an incurable disease
Derived forms of incurable
- incurability or incurableness, noun
- incurably, adverb
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