untreatable
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Over the past several years, engineered cell therapies such as CAR-T treatments have produced dramatic, sometimes lifesaving results for people with cancers that were once considered untreatable.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 20, 2026
The disease is progressive and fatal, and has until now been almost entirely untreatable.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025
Campaigner Hope Virgo worries some people with long-term and complex eating disorders are being viewed as "untreatable" and "being sent home to die".
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2025
The message is clear: without urgent action, we risk a future where even relatively minor infections could become untreatable.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024
An untreatable fungal disease called anthracnose is wiping out the lovely dogwoods not just here but everywhere in America.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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