as in hopeless
not capable of being cured or reformed
an incurable flirt at school dances
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Recent Examples of incurable
Plotkin added that vaccines being developed for infections that are incurable, like HIV, may also be at risk.
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC news, 1 May 2025
The influencer was diagnosed with incurable colon cancer in April 2024.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC news, 1 May 2025
The influencer was diagnosed with incurable colon cancer in April 2024.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incurable
Adjective
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All seemed hopeless for Moore and Mansell, until, out of the blue, a lawyer with the Office of the White House Counsel contacted Moore’s defense lawyers, Seitles and Litwin-Diego, in April to inquire about the case.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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The longtime psych-rock staple co-wrote the album with filmmaker Matt Yoka to be a collection of American stories about hopeless kleptomaniacs, urban explorers, and other people who slip through the cracks.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
30 May 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 10 Jun. 2025.
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