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adjective
1.
not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
2.
not susceptible to change: his incurable pessimism.
noun
3.
a person suffering from an incurable disease.
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Word Origin & History
incurable
1340, from O.Fr. incurable (13c.), from L. incurabilis, from in- "not" + curabilis "curable" (see cure).
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incurable in·cur·a·ble (ĭn-ky&oobreve;r'ə-bəl)
adj.
Being such that a cure is impossible; not curable.
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