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English Dictionary: incurable	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for incurable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incurable adj incapable of being cured; "an incurable disease"; "an incurable addiction to smoking" Antonym(s): curable unalterable in disposition or habits; "an incurable optimist" n a person whose disease is incurable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incurable \Incur"able\, a. [F. incurable, L. incurabilis. See {In-} not, and {Curable}.] 1. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease. A scirrh is not absolutely incurable. --Arbuthnot. 2. Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils. Rancorous and incurable hostility. --Burke. They were laboring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance. --Sir J. Stephen. Syn: Irremediable; remediless; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; hopeless.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incurable \Incur"able\, n. A person diseased beyond cure.