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incurable

Syllabification: (in·cur·a·ble)
Pronunciation: /inˈkyo͝orəbəl/
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Definition of incurable

adjective

  • (of a sick person or a disease) not able to be cured.
  • (of a person or behavior) unable to be changed:an incurable optimist

noun

  • a person who cannot be cured.

Derivatives

incurability

noun

incurably

adverb
[as submodifier]:incurably ill patients

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin incurabilis, from in- 'not' + curabilis (see curable)

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