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Recent Examples of uncorrectable
Did Middle Tennessee State expose Miami’s uncorrectable problems?
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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
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
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Sometimes this type of violation leaves an irreparable scar.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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Via TikTok, Pattie Gonia claimed the brand claimed irreparable harm to the brand in its filing in federal court in January, but said its logo and font have never been used on any of Pattie Gonia’s e-commerce merchandise.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Meanwhile, in the ‘Before Times,’ journalist Helen Drew (Jessica Henwick) and Congressman Daniel Keene (Ashley Zukerman) uncover a conspiracy that pulls them into a chain of events with catastrophic, irreversible consequences.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
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Progress that once seemed irreversible is now unraveling.—
Christina Ray Stanton,
Time,
2 June 2026
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Just two days later, an MRI scan showed that the keen gymnast and netball player had an inoperable and incurable DIPG.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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Garden roses can also pick up the incurable rose rosette disease from wild-growing multiflora roses—an invasive rose with five-petaled, white flowers.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
21 May 2026
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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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“Uncorrectable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncorrectable. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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