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
Known by the stage name JD Twitch, he was diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumour earlier this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
In Ukraine, hospitals began to encounter untreatable infections.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 27, 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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