as in hopeless
not capable of being cured or reformed
an incurable flirt at school dances
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Recent Examples of incurable
Arcellx focuses on immunotherapies for patients with cancer and others with incurable diseases.
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Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
By the time Jackson was honored at the 2024 Democratic Convention, his once-thundering voice was silenced by an incurable neurological disorder.
—Mark Whitaker, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
The currently incurable condition, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a progressive and fatal nerve disease that eventually leads to the loss of muscle control, including the patient's ability to breathe, per the Mayo Clinic.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
Authorities in Canada are weighing the case of Claire Brosseau, a 48-year-old woman with severe mental illness who hopes to secure medical help in ending her life but whose own psychiatrists are split over whether her illness is indeed incurable.
—Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
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Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
By the time Jackson was honored at the 2024 Democratic Convention, his once-thundering voice was silenced by an incurable neurological disorder.
—Mark Whitaker, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
The currently incurable condition, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a progressive and fatal nerve disease that eventually leads to the loss of muscle control, including the patient's ability to breathe, per the Mayo Clinic.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
Authorities in Canada are weighing the case of Claire Brosseau, a 48-year-old woman with severe mental illness who hopes to secure medical help in ending her life but whose own psychiatrists are split over whether her illness is indeed incurable.
—Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incurable
Adjective
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There were definitely points on my journey where things seemed dark and sort of hopeless.—
Zulekha Nathoo,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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This one’s for the horny, hopeless goth inside all of us.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Daisy’s strategy with Mike has always been to treat him like a misbehaved child, which works insofar as scolding an incorrigible child does.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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Terrible for me, an incorrigible snoop of other people’s phones, but probably a good thing for society at large.—
David Pierce,
The Verge,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Incurable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incurable. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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