incurable
pronunciation
How to pronounce incurable in British English:
UK [ɪnˈkjʊərəbl]
How to pronounce incurable in American English:
US [ɪnˈkjʊrəbl]
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- Noun:
- a person whose disease is incurable
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- Adjective:
- being such that a cure is impossible
- unalterable in disposition or habits
Word Origin
- incurable (adj.)
- mid-14c., from Old French incurable (13c.), from Late Latin incurabilis, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + curabilis "curable" (see curable). Related: Incurably.
Example
- 1. To put an incurable dying man away may not be inhuman .
- 2. To cure disease and care incurable disease .
- 3. Emma had developed vitiligo , an incurable long-term disease that causes a disfiguring loss of skin colour .
- 4. As a result of his incurable illness hawking can only speak through a voice synthesizer and is almost completely paralyzed .
- 5. They will usually have diseases considered incurable , such as advanced cancer or motor .