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incurable.

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

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Meaning & usage

adj/ˌɪnˈkjʊəɹəbl/Received-Pronunciation/ˌɪnˈkjʊɹəbl/US
  1. Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.

    not-comparable
  2. Irremediable, incorrigible.

    figuratively · not-comparable
    an incurable romantic
Where this word comes from

From Old French incurable, from Late Latin incurabilis.

noun/ˌɪnˈkjʊəɹəbl/Received-Pronunciation/ˌɪnˈkjʊɹəbl/US
  1. One who cannot be cured.

Where this word comes from

From Old French incurable, from Late Latin incurabilis.

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