as in hopeless
not capable of being cured or reformed
an incurable flirt at school dances
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Recent Examples of incurable
Take the example of a woman from Wroughton who suffered from severe back pain for 18 months before receiving a devastating diagnosis of incurable cancer.
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Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
McShain, who lived in New Zealand, launched her TikTok account in May 2024 a few weeks after she was diagnosed with incurable colorectal cancer at the age of 20.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
While multiple sclerosis is currently incurable, identifying its underlying cause can provide new avenues for prevention and treatment.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
With further testing, the novel approach could one day cure the as-yet incurable condition.
—Paul McClure 23, New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
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Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
McShain, who lived in New Zealand, launched her TikTok account in May 2024 a few weeks after she was diagnosed with incurable colorectal cancer at the age of 20.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 Apr. 2025
While multiple sclerosis is currently incurable, identifying its underlying cause can provide new avenues for prevention and treatment.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
With further testing, the novel approach could one day cure the as-yet incurable condition.
—Paul McClure 23, New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incurable
Adjective
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Those nurses never stopped fighting for Mattie, even as her situation seemed hopeless.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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While critical gaps in testing still remain, innovation has ignited a diagnostic boom that has transformed the AIDS fight from hopeless to winnable.—
Jennifer Lotito,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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They were joined by dozens of other performers across the rock ’n’ roll spectrum, from the hard-stomping Fleshtones to the incorrigible Supersuckers, to Tommy Stinson’s Bash & Pop, to the ageless Linda Gail Lewis — younger sister of music icon Jerry Lee Lewis.—
Jim Ruland,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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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
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“Incurable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incurable. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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