incurable

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌɪnˈkjʊəɹəbl/
• (America) IPA: /ˌɪnˈkjʊɹəbl/

Adjective

incurable (not comparable)

1. Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.

   • They were labouring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance.

Synonyms

• uncurable

Antonyms

• curable

Related terms

• incurability
• terminal

Translations

• French: incurable
• German: unheilbar
• Italian: incurabile
• Portuguese: incurável
• Russian: неизлечи́мый

Noun

incurable (plural incurables)

1. One who cannot be cured.

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