Definition of "incurable" []

• Being such that a cure is impossible; not curable: an incurable disease. (adjective)
• Incapable of being altered, as in disposition or habits: an incurable optimist; an incurable smoker. (adjective)

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• "But Hashemi believed that ultimately this would not solve the problem, which he described as incurable, between the Taliban government and the United States."
• "An emergency motion filed with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago says Ryan's wife went into septic shock, a complication of her treatment for what the motion describes as incurable cancer of the lungs, back, pelvis, ribs and liver."
• "The emergency motion filed with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago says Ryan's wife went into septic shock, a complication of her treatment for what the motion describes as incurable cancer of the lungs, back, pelvis, ribs and liver."