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incurable

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incurable
/in kyoor"euh beuhl/, adj.
1. not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
2. not susceptible to change: his incurable pessimism.
n.
3. a person suffering from an incurable disease.
[1300-50; ME < LL incurabilis. See IN-3, CURABLE]
Syn. 2. unflagging, incorrigible, relentless.

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