incurable

adj
/ˌɪnˈkjʊəɹəbl/UK/ˌɪnˈkjʊɹəbl/US

Etymology

From Old French incurable, from Late Latin incurabilis.

  1. derived from incurabilis
  2. derived from incurable

Definitions

  1. Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured

    Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.

    • They were labouring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance.
  2. Irremediable, incorrigible.

    • an incurable romantic
  3. One who cannot be cured.

The neighborhood

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