incurable

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˌɪnˈkjʊəɹəbl//
United States//ˌɪnˈkjʊɹəbl//

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

adjective

1
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
figurativeIrremediable, incorrigible.
an incurable romantic

Etymology

From Old French incurable, from Late Latin incurabilis.

noun

1
One who cannot be cured.
Heatherlegh, the Doctor, kept, in addition to his regular practice, a hospital on his private account — an arrangement of loose-boxes for Incurables, his friends called it — but it was really a sort of fitting-up shed for craft that had been damaged by stress of weather.

Forms

plural: incurables

incredible · Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief.incredibly · In an incredible manner; not to be believed.incriminating · Causing, showing, or proving that one is guilty of wrongdoing.

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

indebted · Obligated, especially financially.indecent · Offensive to good taste.indeed · Synonym of actually or truly.

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