as in hopeless
not capable of being cured or reformed
an incurable flirt at school dances
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Recent Examples of incurable
Among them included a young girl who was diagnosed with a deadly and incurable glioblastoma at only 9 years old.
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Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
In the field of medical science, CRISPR is still in its infancy – major breakthroughs were seen in 2019, and last year it was used for the first time to successfully treat a baby with an incurable genetic illness.
—New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026
Come See Me in the Good Light tells the story of two poets in love, Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley, as the former battles incurable ovarian cancer.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 22 Jan. 2026
This comes after reports that King Charles’ cancer is incurable, but considered to be manageable.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 22 Jan. 2026
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Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
In the field of medical science, CRISPR is still in its infancy – major breakthroughs were seen in 2019, and last year it was used for the first time to successfully treat a baby with an incurable genetic illness.
—New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026
Come See Me in the Good Light tells the story of two poets in love, Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley, as the former battles incurable ovarian cancer.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 22 Jan. 2026
This comes after reports that King Charles’ cancer is incurable, but considered to be manageable.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incurable
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From what looked like a hopeless position just a few weeks ago, the subscribers are now off the bottom of the table and gearing up for a potential title challenge.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But the Coop had one thing that failed cooperatives didn’t: Joe Holtz, a gregarious 22-year-old from Sheepshead Bay with a mind for numbers and an incorrigible idealism.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
15 Dec. 2025
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Mary Roy, too, married to flee violence—her father, a civil servant under the British, beat his wife and whipped his children—only to find that her husband was an incorrigible drunk.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Incurable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incurable. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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