incurable

in·cur·a·ble

 (ĭn-kyo͝or′ə-bəl)
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·cur′a·bil′i·ty n.
in·cur′a·ble n.
in·cur′a·bly adv.
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incurable

(ɪnˈkjʊərəbəl)
adj
(Pathology) (esp of a disease) not curable; unresponsive to treatment
n
(Pathology) a person having an incurable disease
inˌcuraˈbility, inˈcurableness n
inˈcurably adv
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in•cur•a•ble

(ɪnˈkyʊər ə bəl)

adj.
1. not curable: an incurable disease.
2. not susceptible to change: incurable pessimism.
[1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin]
in•cur′a•bly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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"
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incurable

adjective
1. fatal, terminal, inoperable, irrecoverable, irremediable, remediless He is suffering from an incurable skin disease.
2. incorrigible, hopeless, inveterate, dyed-in-the-wool He's an incurable romantic.
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incurable

adjective
Offering no hope or expectation of improvement:
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Translations
غَيْر قابِل للشِّفاء، عُضال
nevyléčitelný
uhelbredelig
unheilbar
αγιάτρευτοςανίατος
incurable
gyógyíthatatlan
ólæknanlegur
incurabileincurabilmenteinguaribileinsanabile
neišgydomas
neārstējamsnedziedināmsnelabojams
nevyliečiteľný
neozdravljiv
tedavi edilemez
不可救药的不能矫正的医不好的

incurable

[ɪnˈkjʊərəbl]
A. ADJ
1. (Med) → incurable
2. (fig) [optimist, romantic] → incorregible
B. Nincurable mf
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incurable

[ɪnˈkjʊərəbəl] adj
[disease] → incurable
[romantic, optimist] → incurable
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incurable

adj, incurably
advunheilbar; (fig)unverbesserlich
n (Med) → unheilbar Kranke(r) mf
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incurable

[ɪnˈkjʊərəbl] adj (disease) → incurabile; (habit) → incorreggibile (fig) (optimist) → inguaribile
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

incurable

(inˈkjuərəbl) adjective
not able to be cured or corrected; not curable. an incurable disease/habit.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

in·cur·a·ble

a. incurable, que no tiene cura.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

incurable

adj incurable
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