incurable
adjective
in·cur·able
(ˌ)in-ˈkyu̇r-ə-bəl 
: not curable
an incurable disease
broadly
: not likely to be changed or corrected
incurable optimism
incurable
noun
Examples of incurable in a Sentence
an incurable flirt at school dances
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Steve Carell plays Randall Garrett, the group’s Peter Thiel-esque mentor who, not unlike the late Steve Jobs, has cancer that his doctor tells him is incurable.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
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In 1952, she was diagnosed with an illness doctors said was incurable.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
The spread of an incurable disease and a spate of grove-destroying hurricanes have forced juice companies to rely heavily on oranges imported from Brazil and Mexico.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
In 1952, she was diagnosed with an illness doctors said was incurable.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for incurable
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“Incurable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incurable. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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