incorrigible

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noun

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Recent Examples of incorrigible
Noun
Even from beyond the grave, that man proves to be incorrigible in his audacity. Ayan Artan, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025 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 Critics attack it the same way: the recent success of a provincial right-wing party led many to view Austria as a land of incorrigible neofascists, for which it was sanctioned by the EU. Paul Lendvai, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011 See All Example Sentences for incorrigible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incorrigible
Adjective
  • The bubble-ists think that the Coreweave people are hopeless dreamers at best and shysters at worst.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Since then, the song has been yearned for by hopeless romantics on TikTok, with videos featuring the song racking up millions of views, similar to the ones Iris posted herself.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The boy was adjudicated delinquent on the disorderly conduct charge.
    Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Those charges include bail jumping, possession of a firearm as an adjudicated delinquent and operating a vehicle without consent of the owner.
    Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • According to the Cleveland Clinic, LMD is an incurable condition in which cancer cells spread from an advanced cancer to the cerebrospinal fluid and the membranes around the brain and spinal cord.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Doctors quickly diagnosed Shinae with a cancerous astrocytoma, and told her that it was considered incurable because of where it's located in her brain.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 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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“Incorrigible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incorrigible. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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