uncorrectable

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Recent Examples of uncorrectable Did Middle Tennessee State expose Miami’s uncorrectable problems? Keven Lerner, Sun Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2022 Yes, there are some uncorrectable changes, but those changes aren’t currently causing any problems for the James Webb team. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 21 July 2022 The number of Americans diagnosed with blindness or low vision, which is defined as having an uncorrectable vision loss that interferes with daily activities, is steadily growing. Kaya Laterman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018 Yet despite all the high-tech equipment and years of expertise gathered in the room, this mistake was uncorrectable. George Schroeder, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncorrectable
Adjective
  • Hence, Jones will clearly experience irreparable injury if a stay is not granted.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In addressing irreparable harm, Immergut said the state faced constitutional injury from loss of control over its Guard, operational harm from diversion of troops trained for state emergencies and public safety risks.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The customer service representative informed the man both transactions had been completed and all transactions are final and irreversible, according to the complaint.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
  • And some experts and lawmakers are raising concerns that the agency’s myriad other programs and projects could be barreling toward irreversible harm.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 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
Adjective
  • Mary Roy, too, married to flee violence—her father, a civil servant under the British, beat his wife and whipped his children—only to find that her husband was an incorrigible drunk.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Who was this alien observer, whose gaze made me into a (slightly) better person, whose gaze (slightly) reduced my incorrigible self-centeredness?
    Michael W. Clune, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025

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“Uncorrectable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncorrectable. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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