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Webster 1913 Edition
Incurable
1.
Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy;
as, an
. incurable
diseaseA scirrhus is not absolutely
incurable
. Arbuthnot.
2.
Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless;
as,
. incurable
evilsRancorous and
incurable
hostility. Burke.
Syn. – Irremediable; remediless; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; hopeless.
In-cur′a-ble
,Noun.
A person diseased beyond cure.
Webster 1828 Edition
Incurable
INCU'RABLE
, a.1.
That cannot be cured; not admitting of cure; beyond the power of skill or medicine; as an incurable disease.2.
Not admitting remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as incurable evils.INCU'RABLE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
incurable
incurable
See also: incurrable
English
Adjective
incurable (not comparable)
- Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.
- Sir J. Stephen
- They were labouring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance.
- Sir J. Stephen
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Antonyms
Translations
unable to be cured
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Noun
incurable (plural incurables)
- One who cannot be cured.