CEFR B2

incurable

adjective

Meaning

Not able to be cured or treated.

Examples

The disease was diagnosed as incurable.
He suffered from an incurable optimism.

Synonyms: untreatable, hopeless, terminal, irremediable

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incurable (B2)

adjective

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkjʊərəbəl/

Definition

Not able to be cured or treated.

Examples

The disease was diagnosed as incurable.
He suffered from an incurable optimism.
She battled an incurable illness for many years.

How to Use incurable

incurable of (prepositional phrase): Impossible to cure or reform of a particular habit or condition. — "He was incurable of his bad habits."

Synonyms of incurable

Words with a similar meaning to incurable:

untreatable
hopeless
terminal
irremediable

Antonyms of incurable

Words with the opposite meaning to incurable:

curable
treatable
remediable

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