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untreatable

American  
[uhn treet-uh-buhl] / ˌʌn ˈtrit ə bəl /

adjective

  1. not able to be medically treated; not responsive to medical treatment.


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The disease is progressive and fatal, and has until now been almost entirely untreatable.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025

The findings mark a significant step towards developing new peptide-based treatments for currently untreatable neurodegenerative conditions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2025

It's happening to the current treatments too and is why some doctors are concerned gonorrhoea could one-day become untreatable.

From BBC ● May 20, 2025

On 2 February, the couple were told her condition was untreatable.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024

There are twenty-seven in Sarasota County, and one hundred and fifteen in all of Florida, spreading across the state like some untreatable rash.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

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