as in hopeless
not capable of being cured or reformed
an incurable flirt at school dances
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Recent Examples of incurable
Authorities in Canada are weighing the case of Claire Brosseau, a 48-year-old woman with severe mental illness who hopes to secure medical help in ending her life but whose own psychiatrists are split over whether her illness is indeed incurable.
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Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Other problems from this mixture may surface in the lungs, usually by age 20, leading to bronchiectasis, a chronic, incurable respiratory disease.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
In the psychological horror story, ambitious young psychiatrist Parker attempts to make a name for himself by treating Josephine Todd (Berry), the famously incurable patient at his hospital.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026
Among them included a young girl who was diagnosed with a deadly and incurable glioblastoma at only 9 years old.
—Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
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Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Other problems from this mixture may surface in the lungs, usually by age 20, leading to bronchiectasis, a chronic, incurable respiratory disease.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
In the psychological horror story, ambitious young psychiatrist Parker attempts to make a name for himself by treating Josephine Todd (Berry), the famously incurable patient at his hospital.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026
Among them included a young girl who was diagnosed with a deadly and incurable glioblastoma at only 9 years old.
—Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incurable
Adjective
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Moreover, Munis said, with enough notice a heavy-hitting Democrat might have entered the contest, instead of the lowly bunch now running hopeless campaigns.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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And for the hopeless romantics among us, there’s confessions of love, yearning, and unlikely lovers.—
De Elizabeth,
Glamour,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Daisy’s strategy with Mike has always been to treat him like a misbehaved child, which works insofar as scolding an incorrigible child does.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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Terrible for me, an incorrigible snoop of other people’s phones, but probably a good thing for society at large.—
David Pierce,
The Verge,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Incurable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incurable. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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