incurable

See also incurrable

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌɪnˈkjʊəɹəbl/, X-SAMPA: /%In"kjU@r@bl/
• (US) IPA: /ˌɪnˈkjʊɹəbl/, X-SAMPA: /%In"kjUr@bl/

Adjective

incurable (not comparable)

1. Of an illness, condition, etc, that cannot be cured; healless.
   • Sir J. Stephen

     They were labouring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance.

Derived terms

• incurable romantic

Translations

of an illness, condition, etc, that cannot be cured

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醫不好的 (cmn), 医不好的 (cmn) (yībùhǎo de), 不可救藥的 (cmn), 不可救药的 (cmn) (bùkě jiùyào de)

• Czech: nevyléčitelný (cs)
• Finnish: parantumaton (fi)

• French: incurable (fr)
• German: unheilbar (de)
• Greek: ανίατος (el) (aníatos)
• Latin: insanabilis (la), desperatus (la)
• Russian: неизлечимый (ru) (neizlečímyj)

Noun

incurable (plural incurables)

1. One who cannot be cured.

Anagrams

• binuclear