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incurability

American  
[in-kyoor-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌɪnˌkjʊər əˈbɪl ɪ ti /

noun

  • incurabilities
    plural
  1. the state, quality, or fact of being incurable.


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Grief started the minute we got the diagnosis of its incurability.

From New York Times Jul. 3, 2013

Johann Leopold had explained to the Freiherr that he was convinced of the incurability of his inherited malady, and the Freiherr acquiesced without a murmur in what was inevitable.

From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Claire Von Gl?mer

Here again the "sad fact of incurability" must be recognized.

From Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers by Mary Ellen Richmond

So-called Incurability.—Patients are likely to hear entirely too much of the incurability of disease.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

Yet always he found himself harking back to what he sometimes called the "incurability" of life.

From The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches by Marie Corelli

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