uncorrectable
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Incapable of being corrected, fixed, or amended: Describes a condition, error, or flaw that is impossible to rectify or set right.
- Not manageable or controllable: Describes a person, habit, or situation that cannot be controlled, reformed, or brought under management.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The data corruption was uncorrectable, forcing us to restore from a backup. (The flaw in the data could not be fixed.)
- He developed an uncorrectable habit of interrupting people. (The habit could not be reformed or stopped.)
- The mechanic declared the engine damage uncorrectable. (The damage was impossible to repair.)
Advanced Usage
- "in an uncorrectable state": Permanently flawed or damaged beyond repair.
- The manuscript was in an uncorrectable state after the flood.
- Used in formal or technical contexts (e.g., computing, engineering, behavioral sciences) to denote permanence or irreversibility.
Variants and Related Words
- Incorrigible (adj): (Of a person or behavior) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed. Often used for habitual behavior.
- an incorrigible optimist
- Irreparable (adj): Impossible to rectify or repair. Often used for damage or loss.
- irreparable harm
- Uncontrollable (adj): Incapable of being controlled or managed.
- Incorrigibility (n): The quality of being incorrigible.
Synonyms
- Incorrigible
- Irremediable
- Irreversible
- Hopeless (in the context of being beyond correction)
- Unreformable
Antonyms
- Correctable
- Reparable
- Fixable
- Manageable
- Controllable
Related Phrases
- Beyond correction: A phrase meaning the same as 'uncorrectable'.
- The error was beyond correction.
- A lost cause: An idiom for something hopeless or uncorrectable.
- Trying to fix that old car is a lost cause.
Adjective
- incapable of being controlled or managed
- uncontrollable children
- an uncorrectable habit