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Definitions for: Incurable
[n] a person whose disease is incurable
[adj] unalterable in disposition or habits; "an incurable optimist"
[adj] being such that a cure is impossible; "an incurable disease"; "an incurable addiction to smoking"
[adj] without hope of cure; "incurable cancer"
Webster (1913) Definition: In*cur"a*ble, a. [F. incurable, L. incurabilis. See
In- not, and Curable.]
1. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or
medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease.
A scirrh is not absolutely incurable. --Arbuthnot.
2. Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction;
irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils.
Rancorous and incurable hostility. --Burke.
They were laboring under a profound, and, as it
might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance.
--Sir J.
Stephen.
Syn: Irremediable; remediless; irrecoverable; irretrievable;
irreparable; hopeless.
In*cur"a*ble, n.
A person diseased beyond cure.
Synonyms: hopeless, inalterable, unalterable
Antonyms: curable
See Also: diseased person, sick person, sufferer
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