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   incurable

   /ɪnˈkjʊərəb(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a sick person or a disease) not able to be cured: "even when the sick are incurable they are never untreatable" Similar untreatableinoperableirremediablebeyond cureterminalfataldeadlymortalchronicpersistentlong-standingconstantly recurringlong-termrare:immedicableOpposite curable
   • ▪ (of a person or behaviour) unable to be changed: "an incurable optimist" Similar inveteratedyed-in-the-woolconfirmedentrenchedestablishedlong-establishedlong-standingdeep-rooteddiehardcompleteabsoluteutterthoroughthoroughgoingout-and-outtrue bluethrough and throughfirmunshakeablestaunchsteadfastcommitteddevoteddedicatedloyalfaithfulunswervingunwaveringunfalteringunashamedunapologeticunrepentantincorrigiblehopelessbeyond hopefull-boreinformal:deep-dyedcard-carryingmad keenkeen as mustardarchaic:arrantrare:right-down

   noun

   • 1. a person who cannot be cured.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin incurabilis, from in- ‘not’ + curabilis (see curable).

   Derivatives

   • 1. incurability noun
   • 2. incurableness noun
   • 3. incurably adverb

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   INCURABLE definition: 1. not able to be cured: 2. used to say that someone 's personality type does not change or cannot…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of INCURABLE is not curable; broadly : not likely to be changed or corrected. How to use incurable in a sentence.

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   Incurable definition: not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected. See examples of INCURABLE used in a sentence.

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   1. not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected. an incurable disease. 2. not susceptible to change. his incurable pessimism. noun. 3. a person having an incurable disease.

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   INCURABLE meaning: 1. not able to be cured: 2. used to say that someone 's personality type does not change or cannot…. Learn more.

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   Something incurable can't be fixed or healed. Incurable diseases can sometimes be lived with, but they can't be cured. An incurable crush on a movie star means there's no getting over it, and being diagnosed with an incurable illness is always bad news, because no medicine can eliminate it.

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   Definition of incurable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Define incurable. incurable synonyms, incurable pronunciation, incurable translation, English dictionary definition of incurable. adj. 1. Being such that a cure is impossible; not curable: an incurable disease. 2. Incapable of being altered, as in disposition or habits: an incurable...

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    Meaning of incurable – Learner’s Dictionary. incurable. adjective. uk / ɪnˈkjʊərəbl / us. Add to word list. impossible to cure: an incurable disease. (Definition of incurable from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of incurable. in Chinese (Traditional) 疾病, 無法治癒的, 個性… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)

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    Incurable definition: not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected. See examples of INCURABLE used in a sentence.