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incurable

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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.
incurable
Adjective
1. not able to be cured: an incurable tumour
2. not able to be changed: he is an incurable romantic
Noun
a person with an incurable disease
incurability n
incurably adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.incurable - a person whose disease is incurable
diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
Adj.1.incurable - incapable of being cured; "an incurable disease"; "an incurable addiction to smoking"
curable - curing or healing is possible; "curable diseases"
2.incurable - unalterable in disposition or habits; "an incurable optimist"
inalterable, unalterable - not capable of being changed or altered; "unalterable resolve"; "an unalterable ground rule"
incurable
adjective 1. fatal, terminal, inoperable, irrecoverable, irremediable, remediless
adjective 2. incorrigible, hopeless, inveterate, dyed-in-the-wool
Translations

incurable [ɪnˈkjuərəbl] adj → incurable
incurable [ɪnˈkjuərəbl] adj → incurable
incurable [ɪnˈkjuərəbl] adj → unheilbar
incurable [ɪnˈkjuərəbl] adj → incurabile
incurable
adj incurable [inˈkjuərəbl]
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A KIND-HEARTED Physician sitting at the bedside of a patient afflicted with an incurable and painful disease, heard a noise behind him, and turning saw a cat laughing at the feeble efforts of a wounded mouse to drag itself out of the room.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Or again, why blame a lying, thievish Isosceles when you ought rather to deplore the incurable inequality of his sides?
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
Schneider frowns ever more and more and shakes his head; he hints that the brain is fatally injured; he does not as yet declare that his patient is incurable, but he allows himself to express the gravest fears.
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