incorrigible en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈkɒɹɪdʒəb(ə)l/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ɪnˈkɒɹɪdʒɪb(ə)l/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪnˈkɔɹɪd͡ʒəb(ə)l/ (General-American)
- /ɪnˈkɔɹəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English incorrigible, from Middle French incorrigible (1334), or directly from Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”), from in- (“not”) + corrigere (“to correct”) + -ibilis (“-able”), equivalent to in- + corrigible. Recorded since 1340.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
The construction flaw is incorrigible; any attempt to amend it would cause a complete collapse.
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(not-comparable) Unmanageable; impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
an incorrigible youth
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(not-comparable) Incurably depraved; not reformable.
His dark soul was too incorrigible to repent, even at his execution.
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(not-comparable) Unchangeably established in a belief or habit.
Gordon Brown may have his grumpy, Granita moments, but as a strategist he is an incorrigible optimist.
2006 December 7, Michael White, “Breaking up is hard to do, even at the Treasury”, in The Guardian, London:
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(not-comparable, of a proposition or belief) Intrinsically incapable of being corrected; impossible to disprove, by its very nature.
The statement "My knee hurts" is incorrigible.
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(archaic, not-comparable, of a disease) Impossible to cure.
It may appear as an epidemic, as a hereditary complaint, or as an obstinate and incorrigible disease again and again recurring.
1859, The British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 6, page 312:
Antonyms
Deriveds
incorrigibly · incorrigibility · incorrigibleness
Relateds
Synonyms
incurable (established in a belief or habit) · hopeless (established in a belief or habit) · irredeemable (depraved) · unalterable (established in a belief or habit) · irreparable (impossible to materially correct) · unreformable (depraved) · uncorrectable (impossible to materially correct) · reprobate (depraved) · axiomatic (intrinsically uncorrectable) · unfalsifiable (intrinsically uncorrectable) · incurable (of a disease) · determined (established in a belief or habit) · dyed-in-the-wool (established in a belief or habit)
Translations (39)
nl onherstelbaar (defective and materially impossible to correct or set aright) · pt incorrigível (incurably depraved) · nl onverbeterbaar (defective and materially impossible to correct or set aright) · mi ngākau totoa (determined, unalterable) · ar عَنِيد (incurably depraved) · pt incorrigível (defective and materially impossible to correct or set aright) · fi auttamaton (impervious to correction by punishment or pain) · ru неизлечи́мый (incurable) · nl onverbeterlijk (incurably depraved) · bg непоправим (defective and materially impossible to correct or set aright) · mk неизлечив (incurable) · eo nekorektebla (incurably depraved) · es empecatado (incurably depraved) · nl onveranderlijk (determined, unalterable) · es incorregible (defective and materially impossible to correct or set aright) · fr incorrigible (defective and materially impossible to correct or set aright) · nl onverbeterlijk (impervious to correction by punishment or pain) · pt incorrigível (impervious to correction by punishment or pain) · da uforbederlig (incurably depraved) · es incorregible (determined, unalterable) · bg непоправим (impervious to correction by punishment or pain) · ig mmekwata (incurably depraved) · mk непоправлив (impervious to correction by punishment or pain) · gl incorrixible (incurably depraved) · bg неизлечим (incurable) · nl onverbeterbaar (determined, unalterable) · sk nenapraviteľný (incurably depraved) · cy anniwygiadwy (incurably depraved) · de unverbesserlich (determined, unalterable) · ru неисправи́мый (defective and materially impossible to correct or set aright) · mi ngākau totoa (defective and materially impossible to correct or set aright) · sv oförbätterlig (incurably depraved) · enm incorrigible (incurably depraved) · de unverbesserlich (impervious to correction by punishment or pain) · de unverbesserlich (incurably depraved) · es incorregible (impervious to correction by punishment or pain) · de unverbesserbar (defective and materially impossible to correct or set aright) · sn kuchinja (incurably depraved) · mk непоправлив (defective and materially impossible to correct or set aright)