incorrigible

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noun

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Recent Examples of incorrigible
Noun
Bridget’s old on-again, off-again boss/beau Daniel Cleaver (played by the gloriously incorrigible Hugh Grant) drifts in and out of the story. Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025 Mahler-Werfel was described as an incorrigible antisemite who enslaved Jewish men and drove them to early graves. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 Onstage, Madigan presents herself as an incorrigible life-of the-party type. John Roy, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025 For those who know Celine, two things repeatedly come to mind: her irrepressible smile and her incorrigible fight. Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for incorrigible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incorrigible
Adjective
  • Even the hopeless Pirates have been going back and forth with themselves about their plans, Stephen Nesbitt reported last week.
    Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 30 July 2025
  • This creates a situation in which a challenge to the incumbents looks hopeless.
    Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • After 90 days of nonpayment, student loan servicers report delinquent, or past-due, accounts to major credit bureaus, which use the information to recalculate the borrower’s score.
    Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
  • Giancana had risen from a juvenile delinquent to the Outfit’s upper echelon.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
Adjective
  • All of this comes amid reports that King Charles’ cancer is reportedly incurable, but manageable, according to writer and associate editor of the Daily Telegraph, Camilla Tominey.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 13 July 2025
  • Doctors testified the disorder was incurable and said White was in a psychotic state at the time of the attack.
    Maryam Ahmed, Austin American Statesman, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • The fight almost bankrupts the town of Shelby, Montana, which borrowed heavily to stage it. 1930 — Helen Wills Moody wins her fourth straight singles title at Wimbledon with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Elizabeth Ryan.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
  • The expectation is set early in the series, when an alderman who tries to swindle George bankrupts himself in the process, then kills himself in shame.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 June 2025

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