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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

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