incurable

[US]/ɪnˈkjuərəbl/
[UK]/ɪnˈkjʊrəbəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. incurable
n. incurable
adv. incurably

Phrases & Collocations

incurable disease

incurable illness

incurable condition

Example Sentences

an incurable optimist; an incurable smoker.

an incurable romantic

I am an incurable romantic.

alleviative treatment for an incurable disease.

immoderate and incurable vanity. humility

He has an incurable and widespread nepotism.

he's a con man with an incurable ulcer called gambling.

All three babies were born with an incurable heart condition.

Real-world Examples

The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well-nigh incurable form of disease.

Source: Selected Works from Walden Pond

In 2014 Sir Anthony had been diagnosed with incurable cancer.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

He was diagnosed with " incurable paranoid delirium" and underwent electroshock treatment.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

Every indication told me that the spine was transected, which would have been incurable.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 2

As she sifts through the tainted past, Wolf is horrified by her own “incurable” gullibility.

Source: The Economist - Arts

Five years later, the government was facing a possible epidemic of an incurable and fatal disease.

Source: BBC Listening Collection January 2016

Polio has re-emerged in the Philippines nearly 2 decades after the incurable disease was declared eradicated.

Source: BBC Listening September 2019 Collection

A death sentence means the punishment of death for committing a crime, or from an incurable disease.

Source: 6 Minute English

Just as medical men occasionally send their incurables to a quack.

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: New Cases (Part Two)

Cancers become almost incurable once they metastasize.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

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