incurable
/in'kjuərəbl/
Definition
Adjective:
- Unalterable in disposition or habits: Describes a characteristic, habit, or attitude that is so firmly established it cannot be changed.
- Incapable of being cured: Describes a disease, condition, or ailment for which no effective remedy or treatment exists.
Noun:
- A person whose disease is incurable: A person afflicted with a disease that cannot be cured.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- She is an incurable optimist who always sees the bright side. (Describes an unchangeable personality trait.)
- The patient was diagnosed with an incurable illness. (Describes a disease with no cure.)
- He has an incurable habit of biting his nails. (Describes a deeply ingrained, unchangeable habit.)
Noun:
- The hospice provides care for incurables. (Refers to people with incurable diseases.)
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use: Often used figuratively to describe persistent, unchangeable non-medical traits.
- He's an incurable romantic, always buying flowers.
- As an Adverb: The derived form "incurably" is used to modify adjectives.
- He is incurably curious about everything.
Variants and Related Words
- Incurably (adverb): In an incurable manner.
- The disease progressed incurably fast.
- Curable (adjective): Capable of being cured. (Antonym)
- Incurability (noun): The state or quality of being incurable.
Synonyms
- Adjective (for illness): Untreatable, terminal, fatal, inoperable.
- Adjective (for habit/trait): Inveterate, hopeless, confirmed, dyed-in-the-wool, irredeemable.
Antonyms
- Adjective: Curable, treatable, remediable.
Related Phrases
- Incurable disease: A standard phrase for a disease with no cure.
- Medical research continues for many incurable diseases.
- Incurable condition: Often used interchangeably with "incurable disease."
- Deemed incurable: A formal phrase meaning judged to be without a cure.
- The condition was deemed incurable by specialists.
Adjective
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unalterable in disposition or habits
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an incurable optimist
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incapable of being cured
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an incurable disease
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an incurable addiction to smoking
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Noun
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a person whose disease is incurable
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