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Incurability

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in·cur·a·ble  (n-kyr-bl)
adj.
1. Being such that a cure is impossible; not curable: an incurable disease.
2. Incapable of being altered, as in disposition or habits: an incurable optimist; an incurable smoker.
in·cura·bili·ty, in·cura·ble·ness n.
in·cura·ble n.
in·cura·bly adv.
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Noun1.incurability - incapability of being cured or healed
incurableness
characteristic - a distinguishing quality
curability, curableness - capability of being cured or healed
2.incurability - incapability of being altered in disposition or habits; "the incurability of his optimism"
unalterability - the quality of not being alterable


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